Help with simple robot leg rig

#1

Hi, I’m new to rigging and I need help with this robot character i made. I’ve only rigged small thing before and this i a little bit more advanced for me. Would really appreciate if anybody could help me i the right direction.

I need to rig the legs of the robot and made a simple animation of the leg should bend.

Also theres this youtibe video that show the animation of the leg.

https://youtu.be/wPb9lZYWRvU?t=26s

I tried making a rig but got stuck with the bending at the joints. Heres my current rig

Would really aprreciate if anybody could help me i the right direction

#2

here’s my suggestion for an ik leg. basically think of that top joint as a pelvis joint, and make the ik leg one down from that so you get a simple 3 joint leg. then use SDKs to get those other pieces to rotate

#3

Thank you so much for your suggestion. I will try it out and get back to you. You’re a star!