Controlling a lamprey-based robot with an electronic nervous system

Smart Structures and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 471-484

  Westphal, A ^a   Rulkov, N F ^b,c   Ayers, J ^a   Brady, D ^d   Hunt, M ^e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Information Systems Laboratories Inc ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Northeastern University   (United States)

^e Ariel Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Biomimetic; Central pattern generator; Electronic neurons; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ACTUATORS; BIOMIMETICS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NEURONS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ROBOTICS; SHAPE-MEMORY ALLOY; SONAR;

AUTONOMY; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHIPS; ELECTRONIC NEURONS; FORWARD-AND-BACKWARD; INTER-SEGMENTAL COORDINATION; SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATORS;

NETWORK LAYERS;

EID: 79960546216     PISSN: 17381584     EISSN: 17381991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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