Decoding the mechanisms of gait generation in salamanders by combining neurobiology, modeling and robotics

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 545-564

  Bicanski, Andrej ^a   Ryczko, Dimitri ^b   Knuesel, Jérémie ^a   Harischandra, Nalin ^c,d   Charrier, Vanessa ^e   Ekeberg, Örjan ^c   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^e   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Modeling; Neurobiology; Oscillators; Robotics; Salamander

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; GRAVITATIONAL LOADS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; LOCOMOTION CONTROL; MUSCULO-SKELETAL; NEUROBIOLOGY; PROPULSIVE FORCES; SALAMANDER;

ANIMALS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DECODING; MODELS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); SENSORY FEEDBACK;

ROBOTICS;

ANIMALIA; PETROMYZONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYBERNETICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SWIMMING; URODELA; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CYBERNETICS; EXTREMITIES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE NET; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; URODELA;

EID: 84885469530     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-012-0543-1     Document Type: Review

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