I have to say besides computer science study, I'm also interested in Leg mechanism.
Share two keywords:
Leg mechanism and the strandbeest mechanism
There is an interesting github project doing the simulaion and you can play with it.
https://github.com/robz/Linkages3
The publisher Grand Illusions has shared a lot of creative toys. I get it from him at first.
By the way, put another thing i like very much here: http://www.mechanicards.com