Identifying essential factors for energy-efficient walking control across a wide range of velocities in reflex-based musculoskeletal systems.

ABSTRACT: Humans can generate and sustain a wide range of walking velocities while optimizing their energy efficiency. Understanding the intricate mechanisms governing human walking will contribute to the engineering applications such as energy-efficient biped robots and walking assistive devices. Reflex-based control mechanisms, which generate motor patterns in response to sensory feedback, have shown promise in generating human-like walking in musculoskeletal models. However, the precise regulation of velocity remains a major challenge. This limitation makes it difficult to identify the essential reflex circuits for energy-efficient walking. To explore the reflex control mechanism and gain a better understanding of its energy-efficient maintenance mechanism, we extend the reflex-based control syst

SUBMITTER: Koseki S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10798509 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature