Snake-like robot controller with cyclic inhibitory CPG model

Jixie Gongcheng Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Lu, Zhenli ^a   Ma, Shugen ^b   Li, Bin ^a   Wang, Yuechao ^a  

^a SHENYANG INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Cyclic inhibition; Serpentine locomotion; Snake like robot; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CYCLIC INHIBITION; SERPENTINE LOCOMOTION; SNAKE LIKE ROBOT;

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DESIGN; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATORS (MECHANICAL); SERPENTINE; SIMULATORS; STABILITY; TRAJECTORIES; VELOCITY;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33745964895     PISSN: 05776686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/JME.2006.05.137     Document Type: Article

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