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Walking is the most common terrestrial form of locomotion in animals. Its great versatility and
flexibility has led to many attempts at building walking machines with similar capabilities …

Active sensing systems are purposive and information-seeking sensory systems. Active
sensing usually entails sensor movement, but more fundamentally, it involves control of the …

Insect antennae facilitate the nuanced detection of vibrations and deflections, and the non-
contact perception of magnetic or chemical stimuli, capabilities not found in mammalian skin …

An animal moving through complex terrain must consider sensory cues around it and alter
its movements accordingly. In the arthropod brain, the central complex (CC) receives highly …

Controlling the six legs of an insect walking in an unpredictable environment is a
challenging task, as many degrees of freedom have to be coordinated. Solutions proposed …

Abstract Serotonin (5‐hydroxytryptamine) acts as a widespread neuromodulator in the
nervous system of vertebrates and invertebrates. In insects, it promotes feeding, enhances …

In recent years, research on insect motor behaviour―locomotion in particular―has provided
a number of important new insights, many of which became possible because of …

Despite substantial advances in many different fields of neurorobotics in general, and
biomimetic robots in particular, a key challenge is the integration of concepts: to collate and …

Neurobiological studies have shown that insects are able to adapt leg movements and
posture for obstacle negotiation in changing environments. Moreover, the distance to an …