Taiyuan University of Technology

Taiyuan University of Science and Technoloy

Polar Research Institute of China

Tie Wang

Qingxue Huang

Bo Sun

Fuqiang Zhao

Pengyang Du

Baoyu Chang

Jingxue Guo

Yinke Dou

A giant six-legged polar research vehicle with tracked feet, including a platform, six legs arranged at six ends of the platform and six tracked feet arranged below the six legs. A monitoring device is arranged on a top cover. Six power compartments each having a steering device are arranged at six ends of a chassis in the platform. Each leg includes a main traveling device with an upper end and a lower end respectively connected to the steering device and a tracked foot, an auxiliary traveling device with an upper end and a lower end respectively connected to the chassis and the main traveling device, and a connecting device arranged on the main traveling device. The tracked foot includes a main flipping mechanism, an auxiliary flipping mechanism, a tracked foot slewing device, a crawler, a sliding plate and a suspension.

Giant six-legged polar research vehicle with tracked feet

Growing community of inventors

Shanxi, China

Tie Wang