Application of evolved locomotion controllers to a hexapod robot

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-103

  Gallagher, John C ^a   Beer, Randall D ^a,b   Espenschied, Kenneth S ^c,d   Quinn, Roger D ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d Advanced Robotics Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; SENSORS; SIMULATION;

HEXAPOD ROBOT; LOCOMOTION CONTROLLERS;

ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030283980     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(96)00036-X     Document Type: Article

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