Controlling underwater robots with electronic nervous systems

Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-67

  Ayers, Joseph ^a   Rulkov, Nikolai ^b   Knudsen, Dan ^a   Kim, Yong Bin ^c   Volkovskii, Alexander ^d   Selverston, Allen ^d  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Information Systems Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^c Northeastern University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Controller; CPG; Electronic neurons; Nonlinear dynamics; Robot

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BIOMIMETICS; CONTROLLERS; DYNAMICS; MACHINE DESIGN; NEURAL NETWORKS; ROBOTS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

ADAPTIVE CAPABILITIES; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; DISCRETE COMPONENTS; ELECTRONIC NEURONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HYBRID ARCHITECTURES; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; SYSTEM CONTROLLERS;

NEURONS;

EID: 77649155780     PISSN: 11762322     EISSN: 17542103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11762320903244843     Document Type: Article

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