Biologically based distributed control and local reflexes improve rough terrain locomotion in a hexapod robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 59-64

  Espenschied, Kenneth S ^a   Quinn, Roger D ^a   Beer, Randall D ^b   Chiel, Hillel J ^b  

^a Case Western Reserve University ^*  (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biologically inspired control; Hexapod; Legged robots; Rough terrain locomotion; Stick insect

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROL THEORY; MOBILE ROBOTS; MOTION CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING;

BIOLOGICALLY BASED DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; HEXAPOD ROBOT; LOCAL REFLEXES; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA; MECHANICAL PERTURBATIONS; ROUGH TERRAIN LOCOMOTION; STICK INSECT;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030188709     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0921-8890(96)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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