Bio-inspired Emergent Control Of Locomotion Systems (World Scientific Series on Nonlinear Science, Series A, Vol. 48) (World Scientific Nonlinear Science Series a)

"This book deals with locomotion control of biologically inspired robots realized through an analog circuital paradigm as cellular nonlinear networks. It presents a general methodology for the control of bio-inspired robots and several case studies, as well as describes a new approach to motion control and the related circuit architecture." "Bio-inspired Emergent Control of Locomotion Systems provides researchers with a guide to the fundamentals of the topics. Moreover, neuro-biologists and physiologists can use the book as a starting point to design artificial structures for testing their biological hypotheses on the animal model."--BOOK JACKET. The problem of locomotion control in legged robots can be faced by taking inspiration from biology and applying to walking robots the principles underlying the neural control of locomotion in animals.