Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines

Motion Generation and Adaptation in Animals.- Overview of Adaptive Motion in Animals and Its Control Principles Applied to Machines.- Robust Behaviour of the Human Leg.- Control of Hexapod Walking in Biological Systems.- Purposive Locomotion of Insects in an Indefinite Environment.- Control Principles for Locomotion -Looking Toward Biology.- Higher Nervous Control of Quadrupedal vs Bipedal Locomotion in Non-human Primates; Common and Specific Properties.- Adaptive Mechanics.- Interactions between Motions of the Trunk and the Angle of Attack of the Forelimbs in Synchronous Gaits of the Pika (Ochotona rufescens).- On the Dynamics of Bounding and Extensions: Towards the Half-Bound and Gallop Gaits.- Machine Design and Control.- Jumping, Walking, Dancing, Reaching: Moving into the Future. Design Principles for Adaptive Motion.- Towards a "Well-Balanced" Design: How Should Control and Body Systems be Coupled?.- Experimental Study on Control of Redundant 3-D Snake Robot Based on a Kinematic Model.- Bipedal Locomotion Utilizing Natural Dynamics.- Simulation Study of Self-Excited Walking of a Biped Mechanism with Bent Knee.- Design and Construction of MIKE; a 2-D Autonomous Biped Based on Passive Dynamic Walking.- Learning Energy-Efficient Walking with Ballistic Walking.- Motion Generation and Control of Quasi Passsive Dynamic Walking Based on the Concept of Delayed Feedback Control.- Neuro-Mechanics & CPG and/or Reflexes.- Gait Transition from Swimming to Walking: Investigation of Salamander Locomotion Control Using Nonlinear Oscillators.- Nonlinear Dynamics of Human Locomotion: from Real-Time Adaptation to Development.- Towards Emulating Adaptive Locomotion of a Quadrupedal Primate by a Neuro-musculo-skeletal Model.- Dynamics-Based Motion Adaptation for a Quadruped Robot.- A Turning Strategy of a Multi-legged Locomotion Robot.- A Behaviour Network Concept for Controlling Walking Machines.- Adaptation at Higher Nervous Level.- Control of Bipedal Walking in the Japanese Monkey, M. fuscata: Reactive and Anticipatory Control Mechanisms.- Dynamic Movement Primitives -A Framework for Motor Control in Humans and Humanoid Robotics.- Coupling Environmental Information from Visual System to Changes in Locomotion Patterns: Implications for the Design of Adaptable Biped Robots.