Robots that can adapt like animals

A Cully, J Clune, D Tarapore, JB Mouret - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Robots have transformed many industries, most notably manufacturing, and have the power
to deliver tremendous benefits to society, such as in search and rescue, disaster response …

Lifelike agility and play in quadrupedal robots using reinforcement learning and generative pre-trained models

L Han, Q Zhu, J Sheng, C Zhang, T Li… - Nature Machine …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Knowledge from animals and humans inspires robotic innovations. Numerous
efforts have been made to achieve agile locomotion in quadrupedal robots through classical …

The emerging role of veterinary orthotics and prosthetics (V-OP) in small animal rehabilitation and pain management

PM Mich - Topics in companion animal medicine, 2014 - Elsevier
In veterinary school, we learn much about how to repair bone fractures, ligament injuries,
and neuropathies. The idea, of course, is to return some level of function to a damaged …

Review of kinematic analysis in dogs

GS Sandberg, BT Torres, SC Budsberg - Veterinary Surgery, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective gait analysis techniques aid investigators in the study of motion. Kinematic gait
analysis techniques that objectively quantitate motion are valuable tools used to understand …

The effect of limb amputation on standing weight distribution in the remaining three limbs in dogs

GL Cole, D Millis - Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
Despite the fact that limb amputation is a commonly performed procedure in veterinary
medicine, quantitative data regarding outcomes are lacking. The intention of this study was …

Kinematic and kinetic analysis of dogs during trotting after amputation of a pelvic limb

SM Hogy, DR Worley, SL Jarvis, AE Hill… - American journal of …, 2013 - Am Vet Med Assoc
Objective—To evaluate biomechanical gait adaptations in dogs after amputation of a pelvic
limb. Animals—Client-owned dogs (12 pelvic limb–amputee and 24 quadruped [control] …

Comparative kinematic gait analysis in young and old Beagle dogs

M Lorke, M Willen, K Lucas… - Journal of …, 2017 - synapse.koreamed.org
Age-related involution in dogs involves loss of muscle mass and changes in connective
tissue and articular cartilage. The aim of this study was to examine whether an age-related …

Retrospective multi-center analysis of canine socket prostheses for partial limbs

TM Wendland, B Seguin, FM Duerr - Frontiers in veterinary science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Introduction: Socket prostheses for treatment of distal limb pathology are becoming
increasingly prevalent in veterinary medicine, however, limited objective data is available …

Short‐term wound complications and predictive variables for complication after limb amputation in dogs and cats

M Raske, JK McClaran… - Journal of Small Animal …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
OBJECTIVES To identify short‐term wound complications and associated predictive factors
following amputation in dogs and cats. MATERIALS AND METHODS Retrospective review …

Enhancing Hardware Fault Tolerance in Machines with Reinforcement Learning Policy Gradient Algorithms

S Schoepp, M Taghian, S Miwa, Y Mitsuka… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Industry is rapidly moving towards fully autonomous and interconnected systems that can
detect and adapt to changing conditions, including machine hardware faults. Traditional …