MUMBAI, India, July 11 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202521058656 A) filed by Institute Of Technology, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 18, for 'modular hexapod robot with vision-based stair detection and multi-sensor semi-autonomous terrain navigation.'
Inventor(s) include Dr. Vijay Savani; Prasham Jilan Doshi; Varun Nimeshkumar Makhija; and Meet Hareshbhai Mangroliya.
The application for the patent was published on July 11, under issue no. 28/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a modular hexapod robot (101) equipped with a vision-based stair detection system and a multi-sensor semi-autonomous terrain navigation system. The robot features a hexagonal acrylic-PLA body with six articulated legs (301), each comprising Coxa (302), Femur (303), and Tibia (304) segments driven by servo motors (5) to enable tripod gait locomotion. A dual-processor architecture integrates a Raspberry Pi (20) for high-level functions such as image processing, sensor fusion, and web interface hosting, and an Arduino Mega (21) for real-time servo control via inverse kinematics. An 8MP camera (19) detects stair profiles using Canny and Hough algorithms, while GPS (23), IMU (24), and ToF sensors (25) support real-time terrain adaptation. Custom PCBs (26, 27), dual buck converters (28), and a QR-based control interface (29) ensure stable power distribution and intuitive remote access. The robot is optimized for stair climbing, obstacle negotiation, and field deployment with enhanced modularity and serviceability."
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