Decentralized control of insect walking: A simple neural network explains a wide range of behavioral and neurophysiological results

Locomotion-dependent remapping of distributed cortical networks

(2019) Kelly B. Clancy et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The manifold structure of limb coordination in walking Drosophila

(2019) Brian D DeAngelis et al.   eLife

Hierarchical motor control in mammals and machines

(2019) Josh Merel et al.   Nature Communications

Optimal multiguidance integration in insect navigation

(2018) Thierry Hoinville et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Swing Velocity Profiles of Small Limbs Can Arise from Transient Passive Torques of the Antagonist Muscle Alone

(2018) Arndt von Twickel et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Static stability predicts the continuum of interleg coordination patterns in Drosophila

(2018) Nicholas S. Szczecinski et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Intra- and intersegmental influences among central pattern generating networks in the walking system of the stick insect

(2017) Charalampos Mantziaris et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A neural circuit architecture for angular integration in Drosophila

(2017) Jonathan Green et al.   NATURE

Neuroscience-Inspired Artificial Intelligence

(2017) Demis Hassabis et al.   NEURON

A load-based mechanism for inter-leg coordination in insects

(2017) Chris J. Dallmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bumblebees show cognitive flexibility by improving on an observed complex behavior

(2017) Olli J. Loukola et al.   SCIENCE

Rigidity and Flexibility: The Central Basis of Inter-Leg Coordination in the Locust

(2017) Daniel Knebel et al.   Frontiers in Neural Circuits

A Functional Subnetwork Approach to Designing Synthetic Nervous Systems That Control Legged Robot Locomotion

(2017) Nicholas S. Szczecinski et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

How to find home backwards? Locomotion and inter-leg coordination during rearward walking ofCataglyphis fortisdesert ants

(2016) Sarah E. Pfeffer et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Speed-dependent interplay between local pattern-generating activity and sensory signals during walking inDrosophila

(2016) Volker Berendes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Joint torques in a freely walking insect reveal distinct functions of leg joints in propulsion and posture control

(2016) Chris J. Dallmann et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Central-Complex Control of Movement in the Freely Walking Cockroach

(2015) Joshua P. Martin et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A Leg-Local Neural Mechanism Mediates the Decision to Search in Stick Insects

(2015) Eva M. Berg et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Insect motor control: methodological advances, descending control and inter-leg coordination on the move

(2015) Anke Borgmann et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Differential control of temporal and spatial aspects of cockroach leg coordination

(2015) E. Couzin-Fuchs et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

The comparative investigation of the stick insect and cockroach models in the study of insect locomotion

(2015) Amir Ayali et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

No Need for a Body Model: Positive Velocity Feedback for the Control of an 18-DOF Robot Walker

(2015) Josef Schmitz et al.   Applied Bionics and Biomechanics

Presynaptic inhibition of spinal sensory feedback ensures smooth movement

(2014) Andrew J. P. Fink et al.   NATURE

Neuronal Control of Drosophila Walking Direction

(2014) S. S. Bidaye et al.   SCIENCE

Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

(2014) A. J. Ijspeert   SCIENCE

A neuromechanical simulation of insect walking and transition to turning of the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis

(2013) Nicholas S. Szczecinski et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Walknet, a bio-inspired controller for hexapod walking

(2013) Malte Schilling et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Insects Use Two Distinct Classes of Steps during Unrestrained Locomotion

(2013) Leslie M. Theunissen et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of Locomotor-Related Spike Activity in Protocerebrum of Freely Walking Cricket

(2013) Kazuki Kai et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

A hexapod walker using a heterarchical architecture for action selection

(2013) Malte Schilling et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Determining all parameters necessary to build Hill-type muscle models from experiments on single muscles

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Hill-type muscle model parameters determined from experiments on single muscles show large animal-to-animal variation

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Using individual-muscle specific instead of across-muscle mean data halves muscle simulation error

(2012) Marcus Blümel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Lessons for circuit function from large insects: towards understanding the neural basis of motor flexibility

(2012) Ansgar Büschges   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

Inter-leg coordination in the control of walking speed in Drosophila

(2012) A. Wosnitza et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

From neuron to behavior: dynamic equation-based prediction of biological processes in motor control

(2011) Silvia Daun-Gruhn et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Deriving neural network controllers from neuro-biological data: implementation of a single-leg stick insect controller

(2011) Arndt von Twickel et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

Kinematic and behavioral evidence for a distinction between trotting and ambling gaits in the cockroach Blaberus discoidalis

(2011) J. A. Bender et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Polarization-Sensitive Descending Neurons in the Locust: Connecting the Brain to Thoracic Ganglia

(2011) U. Trager et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

No Need for a Cognitive Map: Decentralized Memory for Insect Navigation

(2011) Holk Cruse et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Neural Activity in the Central Complex of the Insect Brain Is Linked to Locomotor Changes

(2010) John A. Bender et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

An inter-segmental network model and its use in elucidating gait-switches in the stick insect

(2010) Silvia Daun–Gruhn et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

Insects running on elastic surfaces

(2010) A. J. Spence et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Are Bigger Brains Better?

(2009) Lars Chittka et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Tight turns in stick insects

(2009) H. Cruse et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Sensory Feedback Induced by Front-Leg Stepping Entrains the Activity of Central Pattern Generators in Caudal Segments of the Stick Insect Walking System

(2009) A. Borgmann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

The Brain in Its Body: Motor Control and Sensing in a Biomechanical Context

(2009) H. J. Chiel et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

A model for insect locomotion in the horizontal plane: Feedforward activation of fast muscles, stability, and robustness

(2009) Raghavendra P. Kukillaya et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Controlling a system with redundant degrees of freedom: II. Solution of the force distribution problem without a body model

(2008) Jérémy Lévy et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Straight walking and turning on a slippery surface

(2008) M. Gruhn et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Neuromechanical response of musculo-skeletal structures in cockroaches during rapid running on rough terrain

(2008) S. Sponberg et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots: A review

(2008) Auke Jan Ijspeert   NEURAL NETWORKS

Hierarchical models of behavior and prefrontal function

(2008) Matthew M. Botvinick   TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES