Toward biomorphic control using custom a VLSI CPG chips

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 494-500

  Lewis, M Anthony ^a   Etienne Cummings, Ralph ^a   Cohen, Avis H ^a   Hartmann, Mitra ^a  

^a Iguana Robotics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMORPHIC CONTROL; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; LOCOMOTOR CONTROLLER; NONLINEAR OSCILLATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; INVERSE KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); VLSI CIRCUITS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0033706347     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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