Multiple chaotic central pattern generators for locomotion generation and leg damage compensation in a hexapod robot

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2756-2761

  Ren, Guanjiao ^a   Chen, Weihai ^a   Kolodziejski, Christoph ^b   Wörgötter, Florentin ^b   Dasgupta, Sakyasingha ^b   Manoonpong, Poramate ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY PARTS; CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATOR; CHAOS CONTROL; COMPLEX BEHAVIOR; GAIT PATTERN; HEXAPOD ROBOTS; LEGGED ROBOTS; LOCOMOTION GENERATION; MULTIPLE CHAOTIC SYSTEMS; NORMAL BEHAVIOR; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; PERIODIC DYNAMICS; WALKING PATTERN;

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLERS; DYNAMICS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ROBOTS; TRAJECTORIES;

CHAOTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 84872359475     PISSN: 21530858     EISSN: 21530866     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2012.6385573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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