adaptive motion of animals and machines - hiroshi kimura et al (eds)

... task of locomotion Hiroshi Kimura Graduate School of Information SystemsUniversity of Electro-Communications 1-5 -1 Chofu-ga-oka, Chofu, Tokyo 18 2-8 585, JapanKazuo TsuchiyaDepartment of Aeronautics ... 05 65, D-98684 Ilmenau, GermanyLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2005936106ISBN-10 4-4 3 1-2 416 4-7 Springer-Verlag Tokyo Berlin Heidelberg New YorkISBN-13 97 8-4 -4 3 1-2 416 4-5 Springer-Verlag ... R.M., M¨uller-Wilm,U., Cruse, H. (1998) Oscilla-tory networks controlling six-legged locomotion. Optimization of model’s pa-rameters. Neural Networks 11, 144 9-1 4607. Cruse, H, and Bartling,...

... University of Minnesota Press ed. p. cm.—(Posthumanities series ; v. 12) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 97 8-0 -8 16 6-5 89 9-2 (he : alk. paper) ISBN 97 8-0 -8 16 6-5 90 0-5 (pb : alk. ... which is given off by the skin glands of all mam-mals, gives the tick the signal to leave its watch post and leap off. If it then falls onto something warm—which its fine sense of temperature ... into the Worlds of Animals and Humans is a bit of a conundrum. On the one 22 INTRODUCTION generator -and- sensors, magnetosensitive bacteria, homing pigeons and polarized light-detecting bees...

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