Walk these ways: Tuning robot control for generalization with multiplicity of behavior

GB Margolis, P Agrawal - Conference on Robot Learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
… Following [22], we train an actuator network to capture the non-ideal relationship between
generating and switching between structured gaits that are well-known in the locomotion

Glutamatergic control of a pattern-generating central nucleus in a gymnotiform fish

V Comas, M Borde - Journal of Neurophysiology, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
… of neuromodulation of central pattern-generating networks (… neuronal components and
intrinsic connectivity. Nevertheless, … However, these data are not optimal for assessing whether …

Perspective on musculoskeletal modelling and predictive simulations of human movement to assess the neuromechanics of gait

F De Groote, A Falisse - Proceedings of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
… The intrinsic mechanical properties of the musculoskeletal … optimization to test the role of
control structures in generating … important than central pattern generators in human locomotion. …

Generation, coordination, and evolution of neural circuits for vocal communication

DB Kelley, IH Ballagh, CL Barkan… - Journal of …, 2020 - Soc Neuroscience
… , and the hindbrain vocal central pattern generator (CPG) centrally, that … Within the hindbrain,
we have described how intrinsic … In one of the best studied CPGs, the crab stomatogastric …

Neuroethology of acoustic communication in field crickets-from signal generation to song recognition in an insect brain

S Schöneich - Progress in Neurobiology, 2020 - Elsevier
… Field crickets are best known for the loud calling songs produced by males to … central pattern
generator … engage during the wing-closing movement to produce the wing oscillation for …

Electronics-free pneumatic circuits for controlling soft-legged robots

D Drotman, S Jadhav, D Sharp, C Chan, MT Tolley - Science Robotics, 2021 - science.org
generate motion from oscillatory circuits. Control circuits known as central pattern generators
… (to allow bending) combined with the intrinsic stiffness of the material (to permit large …

Motor cortex activity across movement speeds is predicted by network-level strategies for generating muscle activity

S Saxena, AA Russo, J Cunningham, MM Churchland - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
… motor system; spinal pattern generation can be modulated … This discouraged non- periodic
solutions, which optimization … not due to differences in intrinsic dimensionality; it was present …

Neurorobotic fusion of prosthetic touch, kinesthesia, and movement in bionic upper limbs promotes intrinsic brain behaviors

PD Marasco, JS Hebert, JW Sensinger, DT Beckler… - Science robotics, 2021 - science.org
… sensory terminals to generate tactile percepts that are … percepts in the skin to generate
sensation whenever the fingers of … (PEP) assessment uses optimal foraging theory mathematics …

Small steps and larger strides in understanding the neural bases of crawling in the medicinal leech

KA Mesce, M Newhoff - The Neural Control of Movement, 2020 - Elsevier
… rhythms were based on a chain of reflexes or were intrinsic … the anatomical location of the
crawl central pattern generator(s) (… For example, researchers wanting to build a robot optimized

Muscle torque generators in multibody dynamic simulations of optimal sports performance

KA Inkol, C Brown, W McNally, C Jansen… - Multibody System …, 2020 - Springer
… to generate accurate dynamic simulations of optimal sports … predictions disseminated may
be intrinsic to the structure of … designed for movement prediction, to generate a systematic …