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MANTISBOT: A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX NEURAL CONTROL
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Chrzanowski, David M
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Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2015, Master of Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, EMC - Mechanical Engineering.
Abstract
The mechanical, electrical, and software design of MantisBot, a 32 degree-of-freedom robot physically modeled after a male mantis (Tenodera sinensis) is presented. (Szczecinski 2013) has shown that a network of simulated, biologically-inspired neurons can produce smooth transitions between various states of locomotion in a simulated insect. Physical robotic platforms complement simulation work as the physics are necessarily accurate and not computationally expensive. MantisBot will be used as a development tool for creating and testing control systems that exhibit those desirable, organic behaviors. The robot interfaces with AnimatLab software, in which such control networks can be built and then run either in a full physics simulation or onboard MantisBot. Data are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of MantisBot as a biologically-inspired robotic testing platform.
Committee
Roger Quinn (Committee Chair)
Joseph Mansour (Committee Member)
Kiju Lee (Committee Member)
Pages
97 p.
Subject Headings
Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering
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Robotics
Keywords
Walking robots
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robotic behavior
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neurobiology
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Chrzanowski, D. M. (2015).
MANTISBOT: A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX NEURAL CONTROL
[Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1417782255
APA Style (7th edition)
Chrzanowski, David.
MANTISBOT: A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX NEURAL CONTROL.
2015. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1417782255.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Chrzanowski, David. "MANTISBOT: A ROBOTIC PLATFORM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX NEURAL CONTROL." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1417782255
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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