Distributed adaptive locomotion by a modular robotic system, M-TRAN II - From local adaptation to global coodinated motion using CPG controllers

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2370-2377

  Kamimura, Akiya ^a   Kurokawa, Haruhisa ^a   Yoshida, Eiichi ^a   Tomita, Kohji ^a   Kokaji, Shigeru ^a   Murata, Satoshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Central Pattern Generator (CPG); Locomotion; Self reconfiguralble modular robotic system

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ADAPTATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR (CPG); LOCOMOTION; SELF-RECONFIGURALBLE MODULAR ROBOTIC SYSTEMS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 14044276980     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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