Walking robot HEXOR® II - a versatile platform for engineering education

Abstract

The paper describes walking robot Hexor <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">reg</sup> II that has been designed as versatile platform for engineering education. It was designed, manufactured, tested and introduced for teaching process by Silesian University of Technology and Stenzel Ltd. The project of robot was undertaken basing on the previous long experience of above partners in the field of advanced power electronics. The robot allows for teaching the knowledge that embraces many fields such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, power electronics, control engineering, microprocessor technique, elements of telecommunications, mechatronics and even also a certain knowledge of biology (use of biological prototypes). Four years of experience proved that described robot is extremely useful teaching aid, giving student great amount of interdisciplinary knowledge that reaches far beyond accepted standards.