Reactive reflex-based control for a four-legged walking machine

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 181-189

  Albiez, J C ^a   Luksch, T ^b   Berns, K ^b   Dillmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptive control; Behaviour control; Biological inspired robots; Walking machines

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

BEHAVIOR CONTROL;

WALKING AIDS;

EID: 0042362136     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(03)00068-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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