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 …

The review demonstrates that control of posture and locomotion is provided by systems
across the caudal-to-rostral extent of the neuraxis. A common feature of the neuroanatomic …

While neuroscientists identify increasingly complex neural circuits that control animal and
human gait, biomechanists find that locomotion requires little control if principles of legged …

The central nervous system (CNS) may produce coordinated motor outputs via the
combination of motor modules representable as muscle synergies. Identification of muscle …

When animals walk overground, mechanical stimuli activate various receptors located in
muscles, joints and skin. Afferents from these mechanoreceptors project to neuronal …

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 …

Central pattern generators (CPGs) located in the spinal cord produce the coordinated
activation of flexor and extensor motoneurons during locomotion. Previously proposed …

Highlights•Motor primitive analyses can capture kinematic and muscle level organization of
movement across reflex, locomotor and novel skilled tasks.•Kinematic structure and a …

Constant drive provided to the human lumbar spinal cord by epidural electrical stimulation
can cause local neural circuits to generate rhythmic motor outputs to lower limb muscles in …

Interactions between cervical and lumbar spinal circuits are mediated by long propriospinal
neurons (LPNs). Ablation of descending LPNs in mice disturbs left-right coordination at high …