Presentation 2014-11-20
Switching four-legged animal gaits between walk, trot and bound using CPG circuit
Hayate KOJIMA, Akihiro MARUYAMA, Tomoyasu ICHIMURA, Yoshinobu MAEDA,
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Abstract(in English) In the mammalian spinal cord, a central pattern generator (CPG) is supposed to be as neural networks. The CPG is responsible for producing locomotor rhythms periodically, and the rhythms are propagated down to flexor and extensor legs. So far, we have constructed a hardware CPG model from the mathematical description proposed by Rybak et al., and, using it, reproduced oscillation behaviors corresponding to some quadrupedal gaits of four-legged animals. However, when reproducing their gaits, we need to change the structure of the network among the hardware CPG models. In this technical report, we reproduced the oscillation behaviors corresponding to the typical gaits, "walking", "trotting", and "bounding" with the hardware CPG model proposed, and switched them using the only one parameter, voltage V_. As a result, we constructed two hardware networks that can switch between the walking and trotting, and between the trotting and bounding.
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Keyword(in English) Central pattern generator / Quadrupedal locomotion / Action potential / Neural network
Paper # CAS2014-87,MSS2014-51
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Title (in English) Switching four-legged animal gaits between walk, trot and bound using CPG circuit
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Keyword(1) Central pattern generator
Keyword(2) Quadrupedal locomotion
Keyword(3) Action potential
Keyword(4) Neural network
1st Author's Name Hayate KOJIMA
1st Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University()
2nd Author's Name Akihiro MARUYAMA
2nd Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University
3rd Author's Name Tomoyasu ICHIMURA
3rd Author's Affiliation Oyama National College of Technology
4th Author's Name Yoshinobu MAEDA
4th Author's Affiliation Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University
Date 2014-11-20
Paper # CAS2014-87,MSS2014-51
Volume (vol) vol.114
Number (no) 313
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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