Energy efficient walking with central pattern generators: From passive dynamic walking to biologically inspired control

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 49-61

  Verdaasdonk, B W ^a   Koopman, H F J M ^a   Van Der Helm, F C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Energy efficiency; Legged locomotion; Passive dynamic walking; Resonance tuning; Route to chaos

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; LEGGED LOCOMOTION; PASSIVE DYNAMIC WALKING; RESONANCE TUNING; ROUTE TO CHAOS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; RESONANCE; TUNING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CLASSIFICATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GAIT; HUMAN; LEG; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDBACK; GAIT; HUMANS; LEG; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PERIODICITY; REACTION TIME; WALKING;

EID: 68849131476     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-009-0316-7     Document Type: Article

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