A modular bio-inspired architecture for movement generation for the infant-like robot iCub

Proceedings of the 2nd Biennial IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, BioRob 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 795-800

  Degallier, Sarah ^a   Righetti, Ludovic ^a   Natale, Lorenzo ^b   Nori, Francesco ^b   Metta, Giorgio ^b   Ijspeert, Auke ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTION CONTROL; MOTORS; ROBOTICS;

BIO-INSPIRED; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; LAYERED ARCHITECTURES; LEVEL OF ABSTRACTIONS; MODULAR APPROACHES; MOTOR BEHAVIORS; ON-LINE GENERATIONS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 63049092509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/BIOROB.2008.4762847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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