Title :
Generation and control of gait patterns in a simulated horse
Author :
Koenig, Patti ; Bekey, George
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A description of equine gait is introduced. It allows for convenient modeling and visualization of the intra-limb leg and body motions of the horse as well as control of the gaits by rider inputs. The rider inputs feed into a neural network, the outputs of which feed into a gait simulator which controls the gait by means of a parameterized augmented finite state machine (PAFSM). The design of the PAFSM, the architecture of the overall system and the results obtained to date are presented. The simulation runs on a Silicon Graphics IrisCrimson VGXT
Keywords :
biocontrol; biology computing; biomechanics; finite state machines; neural nets; physiological models; Silicon Graphics IrisCrimson VGXT; body motions; gait patterns; gait simulator; intra-limb leg; modeling; neural network; parameterized augmented finite state machine; simulated horse; visualization; Animals; Computational modeling; Computer science; Feeds; Horses; Leg; Legged locomotion; Neural networks; Robots; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1993. Proceedings., 1993 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3450-2
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1993.292200
