Legged Robots

Legged robots can be classified based on their leg count. Two legged humanoid robots, four legged quadruped robots and six legged hexapods are most common legged robot types. Although they don’t have much application, there are three and five legged robots, too.

Legged robots can implement different moving gaits depending on their leg count. For two legged humanoid robots, balance is an important issue and they need different considerations in locomotion control for keeping in balance. Four legged robots are statically balanced. They can implement periodic static moving gaits, but these methods are not energy-efficient. These robots generally implement control methods that control each leg individually to keep moving and in balance. Six legged hexapods don’t have much problem in terms of balance, so they implement static and periodic locomotion gaits and their control methods are generally easier than that of two legged humanoid robots or four legged quadruped robots.

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