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ArticlePloS one2020

Spiking neural state machine for gait frequency entrainment in a flexible modular robot.

Alex Spaeth, Maryam Tebyani, David Haussler, Mircea Teodorescu

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Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Sensory Feedback and Central Neuronal Interactions in Mouse Locomotion.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Alex SpaethDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-0702-3945
Maryam TebyaniDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0001-5477-2805
David HausslerGenomics Institute, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0003-1533-4575
Mircea TeodorescuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States of America.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We propose a modular architecture for neuromorphic closed-loop control based on bistable relaxation oscillator modules consisting of three spiking neurons each. Like its biological prototypes, this basic component is robust to parameter variation but can be modulated by external inputs. By combining these modules, we can construct a neural state machine capable of generating the cyclic or repetitive behaviors necessary for legged locomotion. A concrete case study for the approach is provided by a modular robot constructed from flexible plastic volumetric pixels, in which we produce a forward crawling gait entrained to the natural frequency of the robot by a minimal system of twelve neurons organized into four modules.

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Neural Networks, ComputerRoboticsAlgorithmsAnimalsGaitHumansLocomotionModels, NeurologicalNeuronsWalking

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PMID33085673
PMCPMC7577446

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