ReviewBiological cybernetics2013
Walknet, a bio-inspired controller for hexapod walking.
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- Bionic Multi-Legged Robots with Flexible Bodies: Design, Motion, and Control.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Geometric phase predicts locomotion performance in undulating living systems across scales.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- neuroWalknet, a controller for hexapod walking allowing for context dependent behavior.PLoS computational biology · 2023Article
- Multi-scopic neuro-cognitive adaptation for legged locomotion robots.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Existence of a Long-Range Caudo-Rostral Sensory Influence in Terrestrial Locomotion.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022Article
- NeuroMechFly, a neuromechanical model of adult Drosophila melanogaster.Nature methods · 2022Article
- Adaptive Interlimb Coordination Mechanism for Hexapod Locomotion Based on Active Load Sensing.Frontiers in neurorobotics · 2022Article
- Network Architecture Producing Swing to Stance Transitions in an Insect Walking System.Frontiers in insect science · 2022Article
- Adaptive Centipede Walking via Synergetic Coupling Between Decentralized Control and Flexible Body Dynamics.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2022Article
- Insect-Inspired Robots: Bridging Biological and Artificial Systems.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- From Motor-Output to Connectivity: An In-Depth Study ofFrontiers in insect science · 2021Article
- Generation of Direct-, Retrograde-, and Source-Wave Gaits in Multi-Legged Locomotion in a Decentralized Manner via Embodied Sensorimotor Interaction.Frontiers in neural circuits · 2021Article
- Adaptive and Energy-Efficient Optimal Control in CPGs Through Tegotae-Based Feedback.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
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Abstract
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 has been tested by kinematic and dynamic simulations as well as on a number of six-legged robots. Over the years, various different expansions of this network have been provided leading to different versions of Walknet. This review summarizes the most important biological findings described by Walknet and how they can be simulated. Walknet shows how a number of properties observed in insects may emerge from a decentralized architecture. Examples are the continuum of so-called "gaits," coordination of up to 18 leg joints during stance when walking forward or backward over uneven surfaces and negotiation of curves, dealing with leg loss, as well as being able following motion trajectories without explicit precalculation. The different Walknet versions are compared to other approaches describing insect-inspired hexapod walking. Finally, we briefly address the ability of this decentralized reactive controller to form the basis for the simulation of higher-level cognitive faculties exceeding the capabilities of insects.
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