Experimental study of limit cycle and chaotic controllers for the locomotion of centipede robots

2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1860-1865

  Matthey, Loïc ^a   Righetti, Ludovic ^a   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC ADAPTATION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CHAOTIC BEHAVIORS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FLAT TERRAINS; LIMIT CYCLE; MOVEMENT PATTERN; OPEN LOOPS; PARAMETER CHANGES; ROBOT LOCOMOTION; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK; UNKNOWN TERRAIN;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BIPED LOCOMOTION; CONTROLLERS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS;

EID: 69549084952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2008.4650999     Document Type: Conference Paper

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