Broadcast feedback of stochastic cellular actuators inspired by biological muscle control

International Journal of Robotics Research

Volumn 26, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 1251-1265

  Ueda, Jun ^a,b   Odhner, Lael ^a   Asada, H Harry ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broadcast; Cellular control system; Distributed robot systems; Markov chain; Muscle; Smart actuators; Stochastic stability

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR CONTROL SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED ROBOT SYSTEMS; SMART ACTUATORS; STATE TRANSITION PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC STABILITY;

BROADCASTING; LYAPUNOV FUNCTIONS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MUSCLE; ROBOTS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 36248986610     PISSN: 02783649     EISSN: 17413176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0278364907082443     Document Type: Conference Paper

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