Coupled nonlinear oscillators and the symmetries of animal gaits

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 349-392

  Collins, J J ^a,b   Stewart, I N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bifurcation; central pattern generators; gait transitions; locomotion; quadrupeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249169446     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02429870     Document Type: Article

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