Where are we in understanding salamander locomotion: Biological and robotic perspectives on kinematics

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-544

  Karakasiliotis, Konstantinos ^a   Schilling, Nadja ^b,c   Cabelguen, Jean Marie ^d   Ijspeert, Auke Jan ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Salamander; Salamander like robots; Swimming; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR PROFILE; BODY PARTS; SALAMANDER; SWIMMING; WALKING;

ROBOTICS;

KINEMATICS;

SALAMANDROIDEA; TETRAPODA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CYBERNETICS; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; URODELA; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CYBERNETICS; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; URODELA;

EID: 84885471774     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-012-0540-4     Document Type: Review

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