Mathematical modelling and investigations of the hexapod robot

Abstract

Legged locomotion is the most common locomotion form in nature which is used by numerous animal species in order to move on the Earth. It motivated and became the inspiration for many researchers for the construction of walking machines which belong to the most important group of mobile robots met in engineering applications. There are numerous examples of both biological inspirations and constructed prototypes of multi-legged robots (including hexapod robots) investigated. Interesting state-of-the-art in this area can be found in papers . In particular, in reference a summary of biological paragon from nature, methods of investigations of legged locomotion and the constructed multi-legged robots are presented and discussed.