A brainstem-like modulation approach for gait transition in a quadruped robot

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2665-2670

  Matos, Vítor ^a   Santos, Cristina P ^a   Pinto, Carla M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIBO ROBOT; APRIORI; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; BRAINSTEM; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; COUPLING PARAMETERS; DRIVE SIGNAL; GAIT TRANSITION; HUMAN-CENTRIC; NON-LINEAR OSCILLATORS; OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY; PHASE RELATIONSHIPS; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; ROBOT STABILITY; SENSORY INFORMATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

EID: 76249118345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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