AUTHOR=Zyhowski William P. , Zill Sasha N. , Szczecinski Nicholas S. TITLE=Adaptive load feedback robustly signals force dynamics in robotic model of Carausius morosus stepping JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neurorobotics VOLUME=17 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neurorobotics/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1125171 DOI=10.3389/fnbot.2023.1125171 ISSN=1662-5218 ABSTRACT=
Animals utilize a number of neuronal systems to produce locomotion. One type of sensory organ that contributes in insects is the campaniform sensillum (CS) that measures the load on their legs. Groups of the receptors are found on high stress regions of the leg exoskeleton and they have significant effects in adapting walking behavior. Recording from these sensors in freely moving animals is limited by technical constraints. To better understand the load feedback signaled by CS to the nervous system, we have constructed a dynamically scaled robotic model of the