From lamprey to humanoid: The design and control of a flexible spine belly dancing humanoid robot with inspiration from biology

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-104

  OR, JIMMY ^a   TAKANISHI, ATSUO ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Belly dancing; central pattern generator; flexible spine humanoid robot; lamprey

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MACHINE DESIGN; ROBOTICS;

BELLY DANCING; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DAILY ACTIVITY; DESIGN AND CONTROL; FLEXIBLE SPINE HUMANOID ROBOT; HUMANOID ROBOT; HUMANOID ROBOTICS; LAMPREY; ROBOTICS RESEARCH; WALKING MACHINES;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

EID: 34248540353     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843605000405     Document Type: Article

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