ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION OF THE LEG OF AN HEXAPOD ROBOT FOR REMOTE EXPLORATION

The locomotion system is determined by the terrain conditions. The aim of this paper is to introduce the characteristics and Simulation of a hexapod legged robot that can be easily used for exploration of abrupt and harsh terrains, like the Rio Tinto environment. A walking robot seems like the best option for this kind of terrain. Some of the advantages are that they do not need a continuous terrain, they have less problems with sliding and they also have greater capacity to overcome obstacles as they produce less harm to the environment that the scientist wants to explore on the contrary when faced with mechanical design they present a design challenge, also in the static and dynamic analysis problem of a legged robot, there is a high complexity that has to be taken into account. This paper shows how to easily cope with the analysis of a hexapod robot movement based on a design developed by the Center of Astrobiology INTA-CSIC for operation in Rio Tinto (Huelva - Spain).