Hexapodal gaits and coupled nonlinear oscillator models

DOI10.1007/BF00201854zbMath0767.92015MaRDI QIDQ1803735

J. J. Collins, I. N. Stewart

Publication date: 29 June 1993

Published in: Biological Cybernetics (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

insects; symmetry-breaking bifurcations; symmetrically coupled nonlinear oscillators; control systems for hexapodal walking robots; forward-walking gaits; hexapodal gaits; locomotor central pattern generators; oscillator network model; phase-locked oscillation- patterns

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92C99: Physiological, cellular and medical topics

92F05: Other natural sciences (mathematical treatment)

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