An autonomous mini-hexapod robot controlled through a CNN-based CPG VLSI chip

Proceedings of the IEEE International Workshop on Cellular Neural Networks and their Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Arena, P ^a   Fortuna, L ^a   Frasca, M ^a   Patane L ^a   Pollino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

BIO INSPIRED; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONING; EXTEROCEPTIVE SENSORS; FEED BACK LOOPS; HEXAPOD ROBOTS; INTERNATIONAL (CO); LOCOMOTION CONTROL; NAVIGATION CONTROLS; VLSI CHIPS;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 47549113644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CNNA.2006.341649     Document Type: Conference Paper

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