CPG-inspired workspace trajectory generation and adaptive locomotion control for Quadruped Robots

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 867-880

  Liu, Chengju ^a   Chen, Qijun ^a   Wang, Danwei ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Adaptive locomotion control; central pattern generator (CPG); legged robot; workspace trajectory generator

Indexed keywords

3-D WORKSPACE; ADAPTIVE LOCOMOTION; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR (CPG); CONTROL ARCHITECTURE; CONTROL METHODS; FEED BACK INFORMATION; JOINT CONTROL; JOINT MOTION; LEGGED ROBOT; LOCOMOTION CONTROL; LOCOMOTION CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; TRAJECTORY GENERATION; TRAJECTORY GENERATOR; WORKSPACE TRAJECTORY GENERATOR;

MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

TRAJECTORIES;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; ROBOTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; ROBOTICS;

EID: 79957439606     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2010.2097589     Document Type: Article

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