Simple robot suggests physical interlimb communication is essential for quadruped walking

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 10, Issue 78, 2013, Pages

  Owaki, Dai ^a   Kano, Takeshi ^a   Nagasawa, Ko ^a   Tero, Atsushi ^b   Ishiguro, Akio ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Interlimb coordination; Physical interaction; Quadruped locomotion

Indexed keywords

BIOPHYSICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ANIMAL SPECIES; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CONTROL METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORCE FEEDBACK; GAIT PATTERN; INTERLIMB COORDINATION; PHYSICAL INTERACTIONS; QUADRUPED LOCOMOTION; QUADRUPED ROBOTS; QUADRUPED WALKING; WALKING PATTERN; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIPED LOCOMOTION;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; GAIT; INTERLIMB COORDINATION; LOCOMOTION; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; QUADRUPED WALKING; ROBOTICS; VELOCITY; WALKING; ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; GAIT; HINDLIMB; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

EID: 84871266655     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0669     Document Type: Article

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