Hexapod may refer to:
Things with six limbs, e.g. a hexapod chair would have six not the traditional four limbs
Biology
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Hexapoda, a subphylum of arthropods including the insects
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Hexapodidae, a family of crabs
Technology
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Hexapod (robotics)
''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 is a mechanical vehicle that walks on six legs. Since a robot can be statically stabl ...
, a mechanical vehicle that walks on six legs
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Stewart platform
A Stewart platform is a type of parallel manipulator that has six prismatic actuators, commonly hydraulic jacks or electric linear actuators, attached in pairs to three positions on the platform's baseplate, crossing over to three mounting po ...
, a machine platform supported by six struts, used in robotics
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Hexapod-Telescope, a telescope in Chile mounted on a Stewart platform chassis frame
See also
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Tetrapod
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Octopod
An octopus ( : octopuses or octopodes, see below for variants) is a soft-bodied, eight- limbed mollusc of the order Octopoda (, ). The order consists of some 300 species and is grouped within the class Cephalopoda with squids, cuttlefish ...
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