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Multi-layered multi-pattern CPG for adaptive locomotion of humanoid robots

John Nassour
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Patrick Henaff
Gordon Cheng
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In this paper, we present an extended mathe-matical model of the central pattern generator (CPG) in the spinal cord. The proposed CPG model is used as the under-lying low-level controller of a humanoid robot to generate various walking patterns. Such biological mechanisms have been demonstrated to be robust in locomotion of animal. Our model is supported by two neurophysiological studies. The first study identified a neural circuitry consisting of a two-layered CPG, in which pattern formation and rhythm gen-eration are produced at different levels. The second study focused on a specific neural model that can generate differ-ent patterns, including oscillation. This neural model was employed in the pattern generation layer of our CPG, which enables it to produce different motion patterns—rhythmic as well as non-rhythmic motions. Due to the pattern-formation layer, the CPG is able to produce behaviors related to the dominating rhythm (extension/flexion) and rhythm deletion without rhythm resetting. The proposed multi-layered multi-pattern CPG model (MLMP-CPG) has been deployed in a 3D humanoid robot (NAO) while it performs locomotion tasks. The effectiveness of our model is demonstrated in simula-tions and through experimental results.
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hal-01111244 , version 1 (29-01-2015)

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John Nassour, Patrick Henaff, Fethi Ben Ouezdou, Gordon Cheng. Multi-layered multi-pattern CPG for adaptive locomotion of humanoid robots. Biological Cybernetics (Modeling), 2014, 1-13, pp.19. ⟨10.1007/s00422-014-0592-8⟩. ⟨hal-01111244⟩
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