A Salamander's flexible spinal network for locomotion, modeled at two levels of abstraction

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 269-282

  Knüsel, Jeremie ^a   Bicanski, Andrej ^a   Ryczko, Dimitri ^b   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^c   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 84880879865     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict067     Document Type: Conference Paper

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