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Title | ||
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Reservoir-based online adaptive forward models with neural control for complex locomotion in a hexapod robot |
Abstract | ||
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Walking animals show fascinating locomotor abilities and complex behaviors. Biological study has revealed that such complex behaviors is a result of a combination of biomechanics and neural mechanisms. While biomechanics allows for flexibility and a variety of movements, neural mechanisms generate locomotion, make predictions, and provide adaptation. Inspired by this finding, we present here an artificial bio-inspired walking system which combines biomechanics (in terms of its body and leg structures) and neural mechanisms. The neural mechanisms consist of 1) central pattern generator-based control for generating basic rhythmic patterns and coordinated movements, 2) reservoir-based adaptive forward models with efference copies for sensory prediction as well as state estimation, and 3) searching and elevation control for adapting the movement of an individual leg to deal with different environmental conditions. Simulation results show that this bio-inspired approach allows the walking robot to perform complex locomotor abilities including walking on undulated terrains, crossing a large gap, as well as climbing over a high obstacle and a fleet of stairs. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1109/IJCNN.2014.6889405 | Neural Networks |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
adaptive control,biomechanics,environmental factors,mobile robots,neurocontrollers,reservoirs,state estimation,artificial bio-inspired walking system,basic rhythmic patterns,biomechanics,central pattern generator-based control,complex locomotor abilities,coordinated movements,elevation control,environmental conditions,hexapod robot,neural control,neural mechanisms,reservoir-based online adaptive forward models,searching control,sensory prediction,state estimation,walking animals,walking robot | Obstacle,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Biomechanics,Robot,Sensory system,Central pattern generator,Hexapod,Climbing,Stairs | Conference |
ISSN | Citations | PageRank |
2161-4393 | 3 | 0.40 |
References | Authors | |
10 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poramate Manoonpong | 1 | 226 | 31.35 |
| Sakyasingha Dasgupta | 2 | 66 | 6.01 |
| Dennis Goldschmidt | 3 | 25 | 2.96 |
| Florentin Wörgötter | 4 | 1304 | 119.30 |