Petri-net based control of six legged spider robot

Abstract

A legged robot inspired by spider is needed to access to survivor in search and rescue operations. This paper proposes to control system is based on petri net for six legged spider robot which is used for search and rescue operations. The robotic system is tested by using different walking algorithms. Control of the robot is provided by communication ports on computer. The performance of the robot is calculated entirely, as depending on the movement of six legs on rough terrain. Functional algorithms are created to be moved the robot flexible under difficult conditions such as rough terrain, pit. Also, these algorithms which provide moving of robot at various speeds according to structure of legs are presented. The robot controlled in the project is named as TKSPIDER1 and each leg of it has three servo motors.