Distributed mechanical feedback in arthropods and robots simplifies control of rapid running on challenging terrain

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-18

  Spagna, J C ^a,c   Goldman, D I ^a   Lin, P C ^b   Koditschek, D E ^b   Full, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT MECHANISM; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTS; NEURAL FEEDBACK; RUNNING SPEED; SEARCH AND RESCUE; SURFACE CONTACT; WIRE MESHES;

KINETICS; LANDFORMS; ROBOTS; WIRE;

EDUCATIONAL ROBOTS;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LIMB; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; RUNNING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; EXTREMITIES; FEEDBACK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; RUNNING;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; BLATTARIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HEXAPODA; OCYPODIDAE;

EID: 34250155636     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/2/1/002     Document Type: Article

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