Title :
AVLSI biologically-based motor control circuits
Author :
Zobel, Tina H. ; Harris, Brannon C. ; DeWeerth, Stephen P.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We have developed motor control circuits based upon biological mechanisms of muscular control that demonstrate similar behaviour as motoneurons and muscle fibers. The circuits implement some key biologically-based motor control components including: (i) force-length and force-velocity characteristics associated with muscle actuation and (ii) stimulation rate characteristics associated with motoneurons. A small array of motoneuron and muscle fiber circuits that demonstrate an ordered recruitment scheme was implemented and tested for verification using analog VLSI circuits
Keywords :
VLSI; analogue processing circuits; muscle; neural chips; AVLSI; analog VLSI circuits; biological mechanisms; biologically-based motor control circuits; force-length characteristics; force-velocity characteristics; muscle actuation; muscle fiber circuits; muscular control; ordered recruitment scheme; stimulation rate characteristics; Biological control systems; Biological systems; Circuits; Control systems; Force control; Motor drives; Muscles; Optical fiber testing; Production; Recruitment;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Notre Dame, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8914-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1998.759555
