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Robotics, and its hardware, since its development, is a rapidly expanding field of study. Hexapods are being used in many of the sophisticated applications. The hexapod designs and improvements in controller power have allowed these robots to be used in several different industries, including nuclear power, forestry, defence, automotive and others. The challenge that designers face, is the demand that these robots need to be more swift, agile and adaptive to the environment in which they have to be used. This work mainly orients towards improving the mechanical design aspects of the existing models. A real time model of a hexapod, with topple free mechanism, has been developed. This work provides a significant contribution to the growing industrial sector to adopt and implement robotics and automation.