Hexapod Walking: An expansion to Walknet dealing with leg amputations and force oscillations

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 323-340

  Schilling, Malte ^a   Cruse, Holk ^a   Arena, Paolo ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FORCE CONTROL; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PATTERN RECOGNITION;

AMPUTATIONS; FORCE OSCILLATIONS; HEXAPOD WALKING; PATTERN GENERATORS;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

AMPUTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; INSECT; LEG; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

AMPUTATION; ANIMALS; INSECTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; WALKING;

EID: 33847735419     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-006-0117-1     Document Type: Article

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