The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: From biology to robotics and back

Ascending neurons convey behavioral state to integrative sensory and action selection brain regions

(2023) Chin-Lin Chen et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

The connectome of an insect brain

(2023) Michael Winding et al.   SCIENCE

Learning robust perceptive locomotion for quadrupedal robots in the wild

(2022) Takahiro Miki et al.   Science Robotics

Investigation of neural and biomechanical impairments leading to pathological toe and heel gaits using neuromusculoskeletal modelling

(2022) Alice Bruel et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

NeuroMechFly, a neuromechanical model of adult Drosophila melanogaster

(2022) Victor Lobato-Rios et al.   NATURE METHODS

Long-term in vivo imaging of mouse spinal cord through an optically cleared intervertebral window

(2022) Wanjie Wu et al.   Nature Communications

A neuromuscular model of human locomotion combines spinal reflex circuits with voluntary movements

(2022) Rachid Ramadan et al.   Scientific Reports

CERBERUS in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge

(2022) Marco Tranzatto et al.   Science Robotics

Spinal ascending pathways for somatosensory information processing

(2022) Lin-Han Wang et al.   TRENDS IN NEUROSCIENCES

Microengineered devices enable long-term imaging of the ventral nerve cord in behaving adult Drosophila

(2022) Laura Hermans et al.   Nature Communications

Reconstruction of motor control circuits in adult Drosophila using automated transmission electron microscopy

(2021) Jasper S. Phelps et al.   CELL

Sprawling Quadruped Robot Driven by Decentralized Control With Cross-Coupled Sensory Feedback Between Legs and Trunk

(2021) Shura Suzuki et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

How to train your robot with deep reinforcement learning: lessons we have learned

(2021) Julian Ibarz et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Sensory modulation of gait characteristics in human locomotion: A neuromusculoskeletal modeling study

(2021) Andrea Di Russo et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

Tegotae-Based Control Produces Adaptive Inter- and Intra-limb Coordination in Bipedal Walking

(2021) Dai Owaki et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

LiftPose3D, a deep learning-based approach for transforming two-dimensional to three-dimensional poses in laboratory animals

(2021) Adam Gosztolai et al.   NATURE METHODS

Emergence of robust self-organized undulatory swimming based on local hydrodynamic force sensing

(2021) Robin Thandiackal et al.   Science Robotics

An artificial neural tactile sensing system

(2021) Sungwoo Chun et al.   Nature Electronics

Neuromuscular Controller Embedded in a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton: Effects on Gait, Clinical Features and Subjective Perspective of Incomplete Spinal Cord Injured Subjects

(2020) F. Tamburella et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING

Robots with insect brains

(2020) Barbara Webb   SCIENCE

A connectome and analysis of the adult Drosophila central brain

(2020) Louis K Scheffer et al.   eLife

Training deep neural density estimators to identify mechanistic models of neural dynamics

(2020) Pedro J Gonçalves et al.   eLife

Neurorobots as a Means Toward Neuroethology and Explainable AI

(2020) Kexin Chen et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

Learning quadrupedal locomotion over challenging terrain

(2020) Joonho Lee et al.   Science Robotics

Event-Based Vision: A Survey

(2020) Guillermo Gallego et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE

Reverse-engineering the locomotion of a stem amniote

(2019) John A. Nyakatura et al.   NATURE

Benchmarking Agility For Multilegged Terrestrial Robots

(2019) Peter Eckert et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Neurotransmitter identity is acquired in a lineage-restricted manner in the Drosophila CNS

(2019) Haluk Lacin et al.   eLife

Recent progress in tactile sensing and sensors for robotic manipulation: can we turn tactile sensing into vision?

(2019) Akihiko Yamaguchi et al.   ADVANCED ROBOTICS

Modelling the mechanics of exploration in larval Drosophila

(2019) Jane Loveless et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

A Comprehensive Realization of Robot Skin: Sensors, Sensing, Control, and Applications

(2019) Gordon Cheng et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE IEEE

Predicting gait adaptations due to ankle plantarflexor muscle weakness and contracture using physics-based musculoskeletal simulations

(2019) Carmichael F. Ong et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

DeepFly3D, a deep learning-based approach for 3D limb and appendage tracking in tethered, adult Drosophila

(2019) Semih Günel et al.   eLife

Soft Robotics

(2018) George M. Whitesides   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Proprioception

(2018) John C. Tuthill et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Bio-inspired controller achieving forward speed modulation with a 3D bipedal walker

(2018) Nicolas Van der Noot et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Predictive neuromechanical simulations indicate why walking performance declines with ageing

(2018) Seungmoon Song et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Optogenetic dissection of descending behavioral control in Drosophila

(2018) Jessica Cande et al.   eLife

The functional organization of descending sensory-motor pathways in Drosophila

(2018) Shigehiro Namiki et al.   eLife

DeepLabCut: markerless pose estimation of user-defined body parts with deep learning

(2018) Alexander Mathis et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

From head to tail: a neuromechanical model of forward locomotion in Caenorhabditis elegans

(2018) Eduardo J. Izquierdo et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Imaging neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of behaving adult Drosophila

(2018) Chin-Lin Chen et al.   Nature Communications

Topological and modality-specific representation of somatosensory information in the fly brain

(2017) Asako Tsubouchi et al.   SCIENCE

Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits

(2017) Pavan Ramdya et al.   Nature Communications

Connecting Artificial Brains to Robots in a Comprehensive Simulation Framework: The Neurorobotics Platform

(2017) Egidio Falotico et al.   Frontiers in Neurorobotics

A Quadruped Robot Exhibiting Spontaneous Gait Transitions from Walking to Trotting to Galloping

(2017) Dai Owaki et al.   Scientific Reports

Motor primitives—new data and future questions

(2015) Simon F Giszter   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROBIOLOGY

A neural circuitry that emphasizes spinal feedback generates diverse behaviours of human locomotion

(2015) Seungmoon Song et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Advances in Computed Tomography Imaging Technology

(2014) Daniel Thomas Ginat et al.   Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Robotics and Neuroscience

(2014) Dario Floreano et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The contribution of a central pattern generator in a reflex-based neuromuscular model

(2014) Florin Dzeladini et al.   Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Coupling Movement Primitives: Interaction With the Environment and Bimanual Tasks

(2014) Andrej Gams et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

(2014) A. J. Ijspeert   SCIENCE

Flexible muscle-based locomotion for bipedal creatures

(2013) Thomas Geijtenbeek et al.   ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS

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

Robots on the Move: Versatility and Complexity in Mobile Robot Locomotion

(2013) Chenghui Nie et al.   IEEE ROBOTICS & AUTOMATION MAGAZINE

Deep Homology of Arthropod Central Complex and Vertebrate Basal Ganglia

(2013) N. J. Strausfeld et al.   SCIENCE

Optimizing locomotion controllers using biologically-based actuators and objectives

(2012) Jack M. Wang et al.   ACM TRANSACTIONS ON GRAPHICS

Adaptive Undulatory Locomotion of a C. elegans Inspired Robot

(2012) Jordan H. Boyle et al.   IEEE-ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS

Simple robot suggests physical interlimb communication is essential for quadruped walking

(2012) D. Owaki et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Chronic in vivo imaging in the mouse spinal cord using an implanted chamber

(2012) Matthew J Farrar et al.   NATURE METHODS

Dynamical Movement Primitives: Learning Attractor Models for Motor Behaviors

(2012) Auke Jan Ijspeert et al.   NEURAL COMPUTATION

Gait Modulation in C. elegans: An Integrated Neuromechanical Model

(2012) Jordan H. Boyle et al.   Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

A GAL4-Driver Line Resource for Drosophila Neurobiology

(2012) Arnim Jenett et al.   Cell Reports

Network anatomy and in vivo physiology of visual cortical neurons

(2011) Davi D. Bock et al.   NATURE

Projections from the brain to the spinal cord in the mouse

(2010) Huazheng Liang et al.   Brain Structure & Function

Control of a Powered Ankle–Foot Prosthesis Based on a Neuromuscular Model

(2010) Michael F Eilenberg et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING

A Muscle-Reflex Model That Encodes Principles of Legged Mechanics Produces Human Walking Dynamics and Muscle Activities

(2010) Hartmut Geyer et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NEURAL SYSTEMS AND REHABILITATION ENGINEERING

Tactile Sensing—From Humans to Humanoids

(2009) R.S. Dahiya et al.   IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Intracellular dynamics of hippocampal place cells during virtual navigation

(2009) Christopher D. Harvey et al.   NATURE

The Automation of Science

(2009) Ross D. King et al.   SCIENCE

Automating Science

(2009) David Waltz et al.   SCIENCE

Distilling Free-Form Natural Laws from Experimental Data

(2009) Michael Schmidt et al.   SCIENCE

Learning CPG-based Biped Locomotion with a Policy Gradient Method: Application to a Humanoid Robot

(2008) Gen Endo et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

A modular display system for insect behavioral neuroscience

(2007) Michael B. Reiser et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS