Design, construction and control of hexapod walking robot

Marek Zak, Jaroslav Rozman
2015 2015 IEEE 13th International Scientific Conference on Informatics  
This paper aims on design, construction and control of a hexapod robot, which is six-legged walking robot. Basic characteristics of legged robots, a few existing robots and their pros and cons are described. Paper also describes basic gaits, which are used by legged robots for their locomotion. The result of this project is a legged robot, which can walk using tripod, wave and ripple gait and is equipped with sonars, force-sensitive resistors and encoders. The robot is controlled and monitored
more » ... rom an user interface program. It can display data from the sensors and the positions of robot legs. The robot can be used to test and verify algorithms, gaits and features of walking robots.
doi:10.1109/informatics.2015.7377851 fatcat:fhjr3x6xind25htpwcl6j4llfu