Wave CPG model for autonomous decentralized multi-legged robot: Gait generation and walking speed control

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-126

  Inagaki, Shinkichi ^a,b,e,f,g   Yuasa, Hideo ^b,c   Suzuki, Takanori ^d   Arai, Tamio ^c,f,g,h  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d DENSO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e RIKEN   (Japan)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g RAS ^*  (Japan)

^h IMS Programs in Holonic Manufacturing System   (Japan)

Author keywords

CPG; Decentralized system; Gait; Multi legged robot; Transition

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; GAIT; MULTI-LEGGED ROBOT; TRANSITION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HAMILTONIANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WAVE EFFECTS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 30944456726     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2005.09.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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