Graphical Interface for Behavioral Studies on a Hexapod Robot

Abstract

This paper presents the main elements in the development of a graphical interface for the behavioral studies on a hexapod robot. The Matlab environment and the facilities of its GUIDE editor were used. The interface is organized zonally and allows the simple modification of numerous constructive and functional parameters of the robot to evaluate its behavior. The interface also provides supervised control when entering the desired data to prevent errors or unrealistic situations. One of the final goals was to study relative to the essential classes of obstacles specific to walking robotics. Further developments of the interface also allowed coupling with a simplified physical model of the hexapod robot to allow evaluations between simulations and real physical behaviors.