Neuromorphic meets neuromechanics, part I: the methodology and implementation.

Journal: Journal of neural engineering
PMID: 28084217

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: One goal of neuromorphic engineering is to create 'realistic' robotic systems that interact with the physical world by adopting neuromechanical principles from biology. Critical to this is the methodology to implement the spinal circuitry responsible for the behavior of afferented muscles. At its core, muscle afferentation is the closed-loop behavior arising from the interactions among populations of muscle spindle afferents, alpha and gamma motoneurons, and muscle fibers to enable useful behaviors.

Authors

  • Chuanxin M Niu
  • Kian Jalaleddini
    Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, University of Southern California, CA, United States of America.
  • Won Joon Sohn
    Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, 1441 Clifton Rd, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
  • John Rocamora
  • Terence D Sanger
  • Francisco J Valero-Cuevas
    Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, 3710 McClintock Ave, RTH 404, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2905, USA. valero@usc.edu.

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