A bioinspired autonomous swimming robot as a tool for studying goal-directed locomotion

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 513-527

  Manfredi, L ^a   Assaf, T ^b   Mintchev, S ^c   Marrazza, S ^c   Capantini, L ^d   Orofino, S ^c   Ascari, L ^e   Grillner, S ^d   Wallen P ^d   Ekeberg, O ^f   Stefanini, C ^c   Dario, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e Camlin Technologies AG   (Italy)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioinspired autonomous robot; Compliant robot; Distributed control; Goal directed locomotion; Lamprey like robot; Muscle like actuation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOUR; BIO-INSPIRED APPROACH; BIOMIMETIC SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; GOAL-DIRECTED; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MUSCLE-LIKE ACTUATION;

BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER VISION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS;

ANGUILLIFORMES; PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; CYBERNETICS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAMPREY; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; VISION; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMIMETICS; CYBERNETICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAMPREYS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84885468662     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-013-0566-2     Document Type: Article

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