Comparing different controllers for the coordination of a six-legged walker

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-274

  Roggendorf, Thorsten ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT ANALYSIS; MOTION CONTROL; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILITY;

ANTERIOR EXTREME POSITION (AEP); FREE-GAIT CONTROLLERS; POSTERIOR EXTREME POSITION (PEP); SIX-LEGGED WALKERS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME; WALKING;

ANIMALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 17444384175     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-005-0546-2     Document Type: Article

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