Hexapod

Hexapod may refer to:

Subphylum Hexapoda, a group of arthropods including the insects
Hexapod (robotics), six-legged walking robots
Stewart platform, a machine platform supported by six struts, used in robotics

The subphylum Hexapoda (from the Greek for six legs) constitutes the largest (in terms of number of species grouping of Arthropods and includes the A six-legged walking robot should not be confused with a Stewart platform, a kind of Parallel manipulator used in robotics applications A hexapod robot A Stewart platform is a kind of Parallel manipulator using an octahedral assembly of struts

Dictionary

-noun

An arthropod with six feet; an insect.

-adjective

Having six feet, six-footed; belonging to the subphylum Hexapoda, hexapodous.

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