A Cerebellar Approach to Adaptive Locomotion for Legged Robots

  • Authors:
  • Joel Hoff;George A. Bekey

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • CIRA '97 Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

This paper describes a neural learning architecture for control of legged robots inspired by mammalian neurophysiology. Biological studies indicate that the cerebellum is a key part of an adaptive control system which enables mammals to display remarkable limb coordination during locomotion. We present a distributed control system using reinforcement learning methods and mechanisms inspired by the cerebellum. Embedded within a framework of base locomotion controllers, the system is tasked with learning modulatory control signals which optimize gait performance measures. We briefly describe simulation studies in progress for a four-legged robot.