.... The purpose of this paper is to propose a path planning and tracking framework for the autonomous navigation of hexapod robots. Design/methodology/approach First, a hexapod robot called Hexapod-Mini is briefly introduced. Then a path planning algorithm based on improved A* is proposed, which introduces...

..., hexapodal robots experience smaller deviations when using a four-footed propulsive gait from a typical three-footed gait for forward motion; for the same distance but at different speeds, the deviation basically keeps itself within the same range when the robot advances forward with four-foot propulsive...

... discussions for future development. Chun-Cheng Hou can be contacted at: 955401018@cc.ncu.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 Accelerometer Central pattern generator Gyroscope Hexapod robot Neural oscillator A six-legged robot (Gorner et al., 2009...

.... In the experiments, the VAAM (i.e. M1 and M2) is implemented on the joints of the hexapod robot AMOS II (Figure 6). AMOS II is a biologically inspired hardware platform consisting of six identical legs. Each leg has three joints: the thoraco-coxal (ThC-) joint enables forward and backward movements...