TY - JOUR AU - Stefanovic, Filip AU - Galiana, Henrietta L. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/11/20 TI - An adaptive spinal-like controller: tunable biomimetic behavior for a robotic limb JO - BioMedical Engineering OnLine SP - 151 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Spinal-like regulators have recently been shown to support complex behavioral patterns during volitional goal-oriented reaching paradigms. We use an interpretation of the adaptive spinal-like controller as inspiration for the development of a controller for a robotic limb. It will be demonstrated that a simulated robot arm with linear actuators can achieve biological-like limb movements. In addition, it will be shown that programmability in the regulator enables independent spatial and temporal changes to be defined for movement tasks, downstream of central commands using sensory stimuli. The adaptive spinal-like controller is the first to demonstrate such behavior for complex motor behaviors in multi-joint limb movements. SN - 1475-925X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-925X-13-151 DO - 10.1186/1475-925X-13-151 ID - Stefanovic2014 ER -