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 …

[图书][B] Evolutionary robotics

S Nolfi, J Bongard, P Husbands, D Floreano - 2016 - Springer
Evolutionary Robotics is a method for automatically generating artificial brains and
morphologies of autonomous robots. This approach is useful both for investigating the …

A review of gait optimization based on evolutionary computation

D Gong, J Yan, G Zuo - Applied computational intelligence and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Gait generation is very important as it directly affects the quality of locomotion of legged
robots. As this is an optimization problem with constraints, it readily lends itself to …

[图书][B] Embedded robotics

T Bräunl - 2003 - Springer
This book gives a practical, in-depth introduction to embedded systems and autonomous
robots, using the popular Raspberry Pi and Arduino microcontrollers. We demonstrate how …

[PDF][PDF] Evolutionary robotics

D Floreano, P Husbands, S Nolfi - Handbook of robotics, 2008 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Evolutionary Robotics is a method for the automatic creation of autonomous robots [86]. It is
inspired by the Darwinian principle of selective reproduction of the fittest captured by …

[图书][B] Multiagent robotic systems

J Liu, J Wu - 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
Providing a guided tour of the pioneering work and major technical issues, Multiagent
Robotic Systems addresses learning and adaptation in decentralized autonomous robots. Its …

Learning to move in modular robots using central pattern generators and online optimization

A Sproewitz, R Moeckel, J Maye… - … International Journal of …, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
This article addresses the problem of how modular robotics systems, ie systems composed
of multiple modules that can be configured into different robotic structures, can learn to …

Reinforcement learning for a biped robot based on a CPG-actor-critic method

Y Nakamura, T Mori, M Sato, S Ishii - Neural networks, 2007 - Elsevier
Animals' rhythmic movements, such as locomotion, are considered to be controlled by
neural circuits called central pattern generators (CPGs), which generate oscillatory signals …

Evolution and development of a central pattern generator for the swimming of a lamprey

AJ Ijspeert, J Kodjabachian - Artificial life, 1999 - direct.mit.edu
This article describes the design of neural control architectures for locomotion using an
evolutionary approach. Inspired by the central pattern generators found in animals, we …

Gait generation with smooth transition using CPG-based locomotion control for hexapod walking robot

H Yu, H Gao, L Ding, M Li, Z Deng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a locomotion control method based on central pattern generator (CPG)
for hexapod walking robot to achieve gait generation with smooth transition. By deriving an …