Central pattern generator

Known as: CPG, Motor pattern generation 
Central pattern generators (CPGs) are biological neural networks that produce rhythmic patterned outputs without sensory feedback. A CPG could be… (More)
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2013
2013
Central Pattern Generators
A central pattern generator (CPG) is defined as a set of neurons whose members work together to generate organized motor output… (More)
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2007
Highly Cited
2007
Online trajectory generation in an amphibious snake robot using a lamprey-like central pattern generator model
This article presents a control architecture for controlling the locomotion of an amphibious snake/lamprey robot capable of… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
AmphiBot II : An Amphibious Snake Robot that Crawls and Swims using a Central Pattern Generator
This article presents AmphiBot II, an amphibious snake robot designed for both serpentine locomotion (crawling) and swimming. It… (More)
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Programmable central pattern generators: an application to biped locomotion control
We present a system of coupled nonlinear oscillators to be used as programmable central pattern generators, and apply it to… (More)
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2004
2004
A Bipedal Walk Using Central Pattern Generator ( CPG )
In biological systems, the rhythm generator mechanism called Central Pattern Generator (CPG) is involved in rhythmic activities… (More)
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2002
Highly Cited
2002
Evolution of central pattern generators for bipedal walking in a real-time physics environment
We describe an evolutionary approach to the control problem of bipedal walking. Using a full rigid-body simulation of a biped, it… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
A connectionist central pattern generator for the aquatic and terrestrial gaits of a simulated salamander
 This article investigates the neural mechanisms underlying salamander locomotion, and develops a biologically plausible… (More)
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2001
Highly Cited
2001
Models of central pattern generators for quadruped locomotion. I. Primary gaits.
In this paper we continue the analysis of a network of symmetrically coupled cells modeling central pattern generators for… (More)
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1998
1998
[The central pattern generators].
The central pattern generator (CPG) is defined as a set of neurons involved in joint production of patterned motor output. The… (More)
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1994
Highly Cited
1994
Hard-wired central pattern generators for quadrupedal locomotion
Animal locomotion is generated and controlled, in part, by a central pattern generator (CPG), which is an intraspinal network of… (More)
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