Design and Development of Wireless Controlled Eight-Legged Walking Robot

This research looks into designing and developing a wireless eight-legged walking robot that can traverse all terrain using the Klann mechanism. The Klann mechanism is beneficial for advanced walking vehicles. It can travel in areas that are currently not accessible with wheels. The most crucial benefit of this mechanism is that it does not require many actuators. In this mechanism, pivot joints of the interconnected links convert the rotating motion of the crank into the movement of the foot, similar to that of animal walking. At the end of this work, a wireless walking robot was developed with a communication range of 10 m to 100 m, stride length of 90 mm (75% of the proposed length), approximate speed of 1 stride/s, and 92 % step height. In addition, the robot could move in all directions on even and uneven terrains. The results have shown that this wireless walking robot can find applications in national emergency services, military intelligence work, and other areas of national interest without terrain restriction.