Six-legged robot under development for China’s future lunar missions
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Chinese researchers develop six-legged robot that offers enhanced stability, smoother motion, and superior load-bearing capacity.
Chinese researchers are working on the development of future hexapod robots, aiming to achieve a qualitative breakthrough in the robot for lunar exploration. The six-legged robot offers enhanced stability, smoother motion, and superior load-bearing capacity, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.
When the hexapod robot walks, it raises three legs at a time, while the remaining three form a stable triangular base to support the body. This allows the robot to maintain stability even if one leg is damaged.
The robot’s body will be fully controllable, with enhanced stability, fluid motion, and robust load-bearing capabilities, Gao Feng, a professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, who is in charge of the robot’s development, was quoted as saying in the report.
“For future lunar robot development, we have also created an integrated landing and walking robot, to achieve a significant breakthrough in lunar exploration technology,” said Gao.
Reference Link:- https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202411/1323290.shtml
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
