A navigational primitive: Biorobotic implementation of cycloptic helical klinotaxis in planar motion

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 795-806

  Long Jr , John H ^a   Lammert, Adam C ^a   Pell, Charles A ^b   Kemp, Mathieu ^b   Strother, James A ^c   Crenshaw, Hugh C ^d   McHenry, Matthew J ^e  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Nekton Research LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic vehicles; Behavior based robotics; Navigation; Neural control

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; MARINE BIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION; NEURAL NETWORKS; PHOTORESISTORS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SENSORS;

AQUATIC VEHICLES; BEHAVIOR BASED ROBOTICS; BIOROBOTICS; NEURAL CONTROL; TAIL FLAPPING ROBOT;

REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES;

EID: 9244262474     PISSN: 03649059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JOE.2004.833233     Document Type: Article

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