Locomotion of snake-like robots using adaptive neural oscillators

Intelligent Service Robotics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Ryu, Jae Kwan ^a   Chong, Nak Young ^a   You, Bum Jae ^b   Christensen, Henrik I ^c  

^a JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive oscillator; Central pattern generator; Frequency adaptation; Undulatory locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 69349093304     PISSN: 18612776     EISSN: 18612784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11370-009-0049-4     Document Type: Article

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