Adaptive Motion Planning for Hitcr-Ii Hexapod Robot

Multi-legged robots have the ability to traverse rugged terrain and can surmount the obstacles, which are impossible for being overcome by wheeled robots. In this regard, six-legged (hexapod) robots are considered to provide the best combination of adequate adaptability and control complexity. Their motion planning envisages calculating sequences of footsteps and body posture, accounting for the influence of terrain shape, in order to produce the appropriate foot-end trajectory and ensure stable and flexible motion of hexapod robots on the rugged terrain. In this study, a high-order polynomial is used to describe the trajectory model, and a new motion planning theory is proposed, which is aimed at the adaptation of hexapod robots to more complex terrains. An attempt is made to elaborate the adaptive motion planning and perform its experimental verification for a novel hexapod robot HITCR-II, demonstrating its applicability for walking on the unstructured terrain.