Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: a review

AJ Ijspeert - Neural networks, 2008 - Elsevier
The problem of controlling locomotion is an area in which neuroscience and robotics can
fruitfully interact. In this article, I will review research carried out on locomotor central pattern …

A survey on CPG-inspired control models and system implementation

J Yu, M Tan, J Chen, J Zhang - IEEE transactions on neural …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper surveys the developments of the last 20 years in the field of central pattern
generator (CPG) inspired locomotion control, with particular emphasis on the fast emerging …

Robot manipulator control using neural networks: A survey

L Jin, S Li, J Yu, J He - Neurocomputing, 2018 - Elsevier
Robot manipulators are playing increasingly significant roles in scientific researches and
engineering applications in recent years. Using manipulators to save labors and increase …

Online optimization of swimming and crawling in an amphibious snake robot

A Crespi, AJ Ijspeert - IEEE Transactions on robotics, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An important problem in the control of locomotion of robots with multiple degrees of freedom
(eg, biomimetic robots) is to adapt the locomotor patterns to the properties of the …

AmphiBot I: an amphibious snake-like robot

A Crespi, A Badertscher, A Guignard… - Robotics and Autonomous …, 2005 - Elsevier
This article presents a project that aims at constructing a biologically inspired amphibious
snake-like robot. The robot is designed to be capable of anguilliform swimming like sea …

Current trends in reconfigurable modular robots design

A Brunete, A Ranganath, S Segovia… - International …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a review on trends in modular reconfigurable robots, comparing the
evolution of the features of the most significant robots over the years and focusing on the …

[PDF][PDF] AmphiBot II: An amphibious snake robot that crawls and swims using a central pattern generator

A Crespi, AJ Ijspeert - … of the 9th international conference on …, 2006 - infoscience.epfl.ch
This article presents AmphiBot II, an amphibious snake robot designed for both serpentine
locomotion (crawling) and swimming. It is controlled by an on-board central pattern …

CPG-inspired workspace trajectory generation and adaptive locomotion control for quadruped robots

C Liu, Q Chen, D Wang - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the locomotion control of quadruped robots inspired by the biological
concept of central pattern generator (CPG). A control architecture is proposed with a 3-D …

Online trajectory generation in an amphibious snake robot using a lamprey-like central pattern generator model

AJ Ijspeert, A Crespi - Proceedings 2007 IEEE International …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a control architecture for controlling the locomotion of an amphibious
snake/lamprey robot capable of swimming and serpentine locomotion. The control …

Efficient worm-like locomotion: slip and control of soft-bodied peristaltic robots

KA Daltorio, AS Boxerbaum, AD Horchler… - Bioinspiration & …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we present a dynamic simulation of an earthworm-like robot moving in a pipe
with radially symmetric Coulomb friction contact. Under these conditions, peristaltic …