Design and development of a biologically-inspired artificial vestibular system for robot heads

2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1317-1322

  Patane F ^a,c   Laschi, C ^a,c   Miwa, H ^b,c   Guglielmelli, E ^a,c   Dario, P ^a,c   Takanishi, A ^b,c  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROBOCASA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bio inspired vestibular system; Robot perception; VOR mechanism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LOW PASS FILTERS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

BIO-INSPIRED VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; ROBOT HEADS; ROBOT PERCEPTION; VESTIBULO-OCULAR REFLEX (VOR) MECHANISM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 14044268854     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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