RT Journal Article T1 Evaluation of Locomotion Performances for a Mecanum-wheeled Hybrid Hexapod Robot A1 Orozco Magdaleno, Ernest Christian A1 Gómez Bravo, Fernando A1 Castillo Castañeda, Eduardo A1 Carbone, Giuseppe K1 Legged locomotion K1 Robot kinematics K1 Hexapod Robot K1 Control Architecture K1 Robot Motion AB Research on hybrid mobile robots has been attracting considerable interest due to the ability of these systems to perform service tasks in heterogeneous scenarios and irregular terrains. This article proposes a specific hybrid locomotion configuration, which combines legs and Mecanum omniwheels into a six-legged hexapod robot. Theoretical backgrounds and open issues are addressed by considering some challenging problems such as gait planning, modeling omnidirectional motion, and designing control architecture for combining locomotion modes. The article demonstrates suitability, feasibility, and successful performance of the proposed locomotion strategies and presents experimental results and novel scientific contributions regarding the motion of hybrid mobile robots. PB Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers SN 1083-4435 YR 2020 FD 2020 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27758 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/27758 LA eng NO Orozco-Magdaleno, E. C., Gomez-Bravo, F., Castillo-Castaneda, E., & Carbone, G. (2021). Evaluation of Locomotion Performances for a Mecanum-Wheeled Hybrid Hexapod Robot. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 26(3), 1657–1667. https://doi.org/10.1109/tmech.2020.3027259 NO Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (No. 0625-2020- 0017) DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 31 may 2026