Introduction
If compared with biological systems that routinely exhibit dynamic behaviors in complex environment with surprising adaptivity, energy efficiency and robustness, our robots are still severely suffering from the lack of sensory-motor and learning capabilities [1]. To account for the discrepancy of behavior control in animals and robots, there has been an increasing interest in the study of underactuated robotic systems for rapid, efficient and maneuverable behaviors in the real world.
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Iida, F. (2009). Biologically Inspired Motor Control for Underactuated Robots – Trends and Challenges. In: Kozłowski, K.R. (eds) Robot Motion and Control 2009. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 396. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-985-5_14
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