Complex networks of simple neurons for bipedal locomotion

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 4457-4462

  Allen, Brian ^a   Faloutsos, Petros ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-INSPIRED APPROACH; BIPEDAL LOCOMOTION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; COMPLEX NETWORKS; HUMANOID ROBOTICS; NEURAL STRUCTURES; NEURON MODEL; TIGHTLY-COUPLED;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

NEURONS;

EID: 76249113091     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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