Walknet, a bio-inspired controller for hexapod walking

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

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

Quadrupedal gaits in hexapod animals - inter-leg coordination in free-walking adult stick insects

(2012) M. Grabowska et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

A neuromechanical model explaining forward and backward stepping in the stick insect

(2012) T. I. Tóth et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

A neuromechanical model for the neuronal basis of curve walking in the stick insect

(2012) S. Knops et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Universally manipulable body models—dual quaternion representations in layered and dynamic MMCs

(2011) Malte Schilling   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

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

Neural control of a modular multi-legged walking machine: Simulation and hardware

(2011) Arndt von Twickel et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

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

(2011) Holk Cruse et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

A mathematical modeling study of inter-segmental coordination during stick insect walking

(2010) Silvia Daun-Gruhn   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE

Activity Patterns and Timing of Muscle Activity in the Forward Walking and Backward Walking Stick Insect Carausius morosus

(2010) Philipp Rosenbaum et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

Self-organized adaptation of a simple neural circuit enables complex robot behaviour

(2010) Silke Steingrube et al.   Nature Physics

Controlling a system with redundant degrees of freedom: transition from standing to walking

(2009) Lévy Jérémy   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Tight turns in stick insects

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

Premotor Interneurons in the Local Control of Stepping Motor Output for the Stick Insect Single Middle Leg

(2009) Géraldine von Uckermann et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY

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

Neural Control of Unloaded Leg Posture and of Leg Swing in Stick Insect, Cockroach, and Mouse Differs from That in Larger Animals

(2009) S. L. Hooper et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Winching up heavy loads with a compliant arm: a new local joint controller

(2008) Axel Schneider et al.   BIOLOGICAL CYBERNETICS

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

Controlling a system with redundant degrees of freedom. I. Torque distribution in still standing stick insects

(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

Analysis of a spatial orientation memory in Drosophila

(2008) Kirsa Neuser et al.   NATURE

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

(2008) Auke Jan Ijspeert   NEURAL NETWORKS

No need for a body model: Positive velocity feedback for the control of an 18-DOF robot walker

(2008) Josef Schmitz et al.   Applied Bionics and Biomechanics