Smooth transition between different gaits of a hexapod robot via a central pattern generators algorithm

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 67, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 255-270

  Chen, Weihai ^a   Ren, Guanjiao ^a   Zhang, Jianbin ^a   Wang, Jianhua ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CPG; Gait; Multi legged robot; Phase lag; Smooth transition

Indexed keywords

CPG; GAIT; MULTI-LEGGED ROBOTS; PHASE LAGS; SMOOTH TRANSITIONS;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84865207564     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: 15730409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10846-012-9661-1     Document Type: Article

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