A conserved neural circuit-based architecture for ambulatory and undulatory biomimetic robots

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 147-152

  Ayers, Joseph ^a   Westphal, Anthony ^a   Blustein, Daniel ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Lamprey; Lobster; Robot; UUV

Indexed keywords

ACTUATOR CONTROL; ADAPTIVE CAPABILITIES; ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CHEMO-SENSORS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHIPS; DISCRETE TIME; DUTY CYCLES; ELECTRONIC MOTORS; HIGH-CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMIC CONTROL; LABELED LINES; LAMPREY; LOBSTER; MODEL ORGANISMS; POINT SOURCES; POWER FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTORS; PULSEWIDTHS; SENSOR INPUTS; SHAPE MEMORY; SONAR ARRAYS; SUPERVISORY CONTROL; SYNAPTIC NETWORKS; UUV;

ACTUATORS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CONTROL SURFACES; HYDRODYNAMICS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NEURONS; ROBOTS; SENSORS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SHELLFISH; SIGNAL PROCESSING; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

ACCELEROMETER; ALGORITHM; ANTENNA; ARRAY; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LOBSTER; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SONAR; TRACKING;

PETROMYZONTIDAE;

EID: 84863637027     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.45.4.17     Document Type: Article

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