Walking is a rhythmic locomotor behavior of legged animals, and its underlying mechanisms
have been the subject of neurobiological research for more than 100 years. In this article, we …

Walknet comprises an artificial neural network that allows for the simulation of a
considerable amount of behavioral data obtained from walking and standing stick insects. It …

Walking animals produce adaptive interlimb coordination during locomotion in accordance
with their situation. Interlimb coordination is generated through the dynamic interactions of …

Decentralization is a central characteristic of biological motor control that allows for fast
responses relying on local sensory information. In contrast, the current trend of Deep …

This article is a historical perspective on how the study of the neuromechanics of insects and
other arthropods has inspired the construction, and especially the control, of hexapod …

Controlling the six legs of an insect walking in an unpredictable environment is a
challenging task, as many degrees of freedom have to be coordinated. Solutions proposed …

Despite substantial advances in many different fields of neurorobotics in general, and
biomimetic robots in particular, a key challenge is the integration of concepts: to collate and …

A neuromechanical simulation of the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis was developed to
explore changes in locomotion when the animal transitions from walking straight to turning …

Moving in a cluttered environment with a six-legged walking machine that has additional
body actuators, therefore controlling 22 DoFs, is not a trivial task. Already simple forward …

Surprisingly complex tasks can be solved using a behaviour-based, reactive control system,
ie, a system that operates without an explicit internal representation of the environment and …