The bipod gait is faster than the tripod gait during ground locomotion in a hexapod robot.
When vertebrates run, their legs exhibit minimal cont
act with the ground. But insects are different. These 6-legged creatures run fastest using a 3-legged, or “tripod” gait where they have 3 legs on the ground at all times – 2 on 1 side of their body and one on the other. The tripod gait has long inspired engineers who design six-legged robots, but is it necessarily the fastest and most efficient way for bio-inspired robots to move on the ground?
Researchers at EPFL and UNIL revealed there is in fact a faster way for robots to locomote on flat ground, provided they don’t have the adhesive pads used by insects to climb walls and ceilings...
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