Gait transition and modulation in a quadruped robot: A brainstem-like modulation approach

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 620-634

  Santos, Cristina P ^a   Matos, Vítor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Architecture bio inspired; Autonomous robots; Continuous gait switching; CPGs; Gait modulation; Quadruped locomotion

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS ROBOT; BIO-INSPIRED; CONTINUOUS GAIT SWITCHING; CPGS; GAIT MODULATION; QUADRUPED LOCOMOTION;

ARCHITECTURE; BIPED LOCOMOTION; MULTIPURPOSE ROBOTS;

MODULATION;

EID: 79960162001     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.robot.2011.05.003     Document Type: Article

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