A design method of neural oscillatory networks for generation of humanoid biped walking patterns

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2357-2362

  Cao, Meifen ^a   Kawamura, Atsuo ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Animals; Design methodology; Humanoid robots; Humans; Legged locomotion; Mathematical model; Neurons; Oscillators; Pattern analysis; Rehabilitation robotics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURONS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); ROBOTICS; MOTION PLANNING; NEURAL NETWORKS;

DESIGN METHODOLOGY; HUMANOID ROBOT; HUMANS; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; PATTERN ANALYSIS; REHABILITATION ROBOTICS;

MACHINE DESIGN; MOBILE ROBOTS;

HARMONIC BALANCE METHOD; HUMANOID BIPED WALKING PATTERNS; NEURAL OSCILLATORY NETWORKS;

EID: 0031621499     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680676     Document Type: Conference Paper

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