Simulation and robotics studies of salamander locomotion: Applying neurobiological principles to the control of locomotion in robots

Neuroinformatics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-195

  Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a   Crespi, Alessandro ^a   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Gait transition; Lamprey; Locomotion; Robotics; Salamander; Swimming; Walking, simulation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSCIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SALAMANDER; SIMULATION; SWIMMING; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTEBRATE; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYBERNETICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; NERVE NET; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; ROBOTICS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

EID: 23444446324     PISSN: 15392791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/NI:3:3:171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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