Neuromodulated control of bipedal locomotion using a polymorphic CPG circuit

Adaptive Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-17

  Ishiguro, Akio ^a   Fujii, Akinobu ^a   Eggenberger Hotz, Peter ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biped robot; Central pattern generator (CPG); Locomotion; Neuromodulation; Real time adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043071342     PISSN: 10597123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/10597123030111001     Document Type: Article

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