Climbing obstacle in bio-robots via CNN and adaptive attitude control

International Journal of Circuit Theory and Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-125

  Pavone, M ^a   Arena, P ^b   Fortuna, L ^b   Frasca, M ^b   Patane L ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular neural networks (CNN); CPG; Locomotion control; Motor map

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; NEURAL NETWORKS; NEUROLOGY; PLASTICITY;

CPG; LOCOMOTION CONTROL; MOTOR MAP;

ROBOTS;

EID: 32344438202     PISSN: 00989886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cta.345     Document Type: Article

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