... 0 .3 m Length: 0.7 m No of legs: DOF in total: 6x3 Power consumption:10 W Figure 2.17 Lauron II, a hexapod platform developed at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany © University of Karlsruhe 30 ... where the robot needs a more dynamic suspension for significantly non flat terrain Locomotion 33 2 .3. 1.2 Wheel geometry The choice of wheel types for a mobile robot is strongly linked to the choice ... 43 Figure 2.26 The microrover Nanokhod, developed by von Hoerner & Sulger GmbH and the Max Planck Institute, Mainz, for the European Space Agency (ESA), will probably go to Mars [ 138 , 154] 2 .3. 2.4...