Publications

[Stephenson-Jones et al. 2011] Stephenson-Jones M, Samuelsson, E., Ericsson, J., Robertson, B. and Grillner, S., Evolutionary conservation of the basal ganglia as a common vertebrate mechanism for action selection. Curr. Biol., 21;1081-1091, 2011

[Ericsson et al. 2011] Ericsson J., Silberberg, G., Robertson, B., Wikström, MA, Grillner, S., Striatal cellular properties conserved from lampreys to mammals. J. Physiol. 589;2979-2992, 2011

[Grillner et al. 2011] Grillner S. Motor system of fish and cyclostomes In: Farrell A.P., (ed.) Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology: From Genome to Environment. ISBN: 978-0-12-374545-3 Academic Press, 2011

[Planert et al. 2011] Planert, H., Szydlowski, S.N., Hjorth, J.J., Grillner, S., Silberberg, G., Dynamics of synaptic transmission between fast-spiking interneurons and striatal projection neurons of the direct and indirect pathways. J Neurosci. 30: 3499-3507, 2010

[Kamali Sarvestani et al. 2011] Kamali Sarvestani, I., Lindahl, M., Hellgren Kotaleski, J., and Ekeberg, Ö., The arbitration-extension hypothesis: a hierarchical interpretation of the functional organization of the basal ganglia. Front. Syst. Neurosci.: 5, 13, 2011

[Mintchev et al. 2011] Mintchev, S., and Stefanini, C., A novel muscle-like, high efficiency actuator for biorobotics. Abstract for the Workshop on Biologically Inspired Actuation – ICRA 2011

[Stefanini et al. 2011] Stefanini, C., Manfredi, L., Orofino, S., Mintchev, S., Marrazza, S., Assaf, T., Capantini, L., Scarfogliero, U., Sinibaldi, E., and Dario, P., Development of a compliant, high-efficiency and bio-inspired snake-like swimming robot. Abstract for the International Workshop on Bioinspired Robots, Nantes, 2011

[Orofino et al. 2011] Orofino, S., Marrazza, S., Assaf, T., Manfredi, L., Capantini, L., Mintchev, S., Stefanini, C., Dario, P., and Grillner, S., Validation of neural mechanisms through a bio-robotic artifact. Abstract for the International Workshop on Bioinspired Robots, Nantes, 2011

[Knuesel et al. 2011] Knuesel, J., Ijspeert, A.J., Effects of muscle dynamics and proprioceptive feedback on the kinematics and CPG activity of salamander stepping, Abstract presented at the Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, CNS 2011, BMC Neuroscience, Volume 12, Supplement 1, P157, 2011

[Bicanski et al. 2011] Bicanski, A., Ryczko, D., Cabelguen, J.M., Ijspeert, A.J., Modeling axial spinal segments of the salamander central pattern generator for locomotion, Abstract presented at the Twentieth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting, CNS 2011, BMC Neuroscience, Volume 12, Supplement 1, P157, 2011

[Harishandra et al. 2010] Harishandra, N., Cabelguen, J.M., Ekeberg, O., A 3D Musculo-Mechanical Model of the Salamander for the Study of Different Gaits and Modes of Locomotion. Frontiers in Neurorobotics 4: 112, 2010

[Ryczko et al. 2010] Ryczko, D., Dubuc, R., Cabelguen, J.M., Rhythmogenesis in axial locomotor networks: an interspecies comparison. Prog Brain Res 187: 189-211, 2010

[Cabelguen et al. 2010] Cabelguen, J.M., Ijspeert, A., Lamarque, S., Ryczko, D., Axial dynamics during locomotion in vertebrates lesson from the salamander. Prog Brain Res 187: 149-62, 2010

[Knuesel et al. 2010] Knuesel,J., Cabelguen, J.-M., and Ijspeert, A.J. Decoding the mechanisms of gait generation and gait transition in the salamander using robots and mathematical models, in: Motor Control: Theories, Experiments and Applications, chapter 18, pp. 417-451, Oxford University Press, 2010

[Li et al. 2010] Li, F., Liu, W., Stefanini, C., Fu,X., Dario, P., A Novel Bioinspired PVDF Micro/Nano Hair Receptor for Robot Sensing System, Sensors, 10(1), 994-1011, 2010

[Ryczko et al. 2010] Ryczko, D., Charrier, V., Ijspeert, A. and Cabelguen, J.-M., Segmental Oscillators in Axial Motor Circuits of the Salamander: Distribution and Bursting Mechanisms Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 104, p. 2677-2692, 2010

[Ijspeert et al. 2010] Ijspeert, A.J., Dario, P. and Grillner, S., Guest editorial: special issue on control of locomotion—from animals to robots Autonomous Robots, vol. 28, num. 3, p. 245-246, 2010

[Chiel et al 2009] Chiel, H.J., Ting, L.H., Ekeberg, Ö., and Hartmann, M.J.Z., “The Brain in Its Body: Motor Control and Sensing in a Biomechanical Context”, The Journal of Neuroscience, 29(41):12807-12814, October 14, 2009

[Crespi et al 2009] Crespi, A. and Ijspeert, A.J., “Salamandra Robotica: A Biologically Inspired Amphibious Robot that Swims and Walks”, Chapter in Artificial Life Models in Hardware, pages 35-64. Springer, London, 2009

[Ekeberg 2009] Ekeberg, Ö., “Neuromechanical studies of locomotion, from swimming to walking”, abstract for the Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.

[Jones et al 2009] Jones, M., Grillner, S., Robertson, B., “Selective projection patterns from subtypes of retinal ganglion cells to tectum and pretectum: Distribution and relation to behavior”, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 517 (4), 257-275, 2009

[Karakasiliotis et al 2009] Karakasiliotis, K. and Ijspeert, A.J., “Analysis of the terrestrial locomotion of a salamander robot”, In Proceeding of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009), St. Louis, USA, October 2009

[Kozlov et al 2009] Kozlov, A., Huss, M., Lansner, A., Hellgren Kotaleski, J. and Grillner, S., “Simple cellular and network control principles govern complex patterns of motor behavior”, PNAS, vol. 106 no. 47 20027-20032, November 24, 2009

[Lamarque et al 2009] Lamarque, S., Ryczko, D., Cabelguen, J.M., “Locomotor skills in freely moving salamanders” 9th French Society for Neuroscience, Bordeaux 2009

[Lamarque et al 2009] Lamarque, S., Ryczko, D., Didier, H., Cabelguen, J.M., “Dynamics of the axial locomotor network in intact, freely moving salamanders”, abstract for The Neural Challenge, 31st Intern. Symp. Of GRSNC, Montréal. 2009

[Li et al 2009] Li, F., Liu, W., Stefanini, C., Fu, X., Dario, P., “A Novel Bioinspired PVDF Micro/Nano Hair Receptor for Robot Sensing System”, Sensors, 10, 994-1011, 2010

[Ryczko et al 2009] Ryczko, D., Lamarque, S., Didier, S., Cabelguen, J.M., “Dynamics of the axial locomotor network in the isolated spinal cord of the salamander”, abstract for The Neural Challenge, 31st Intern. Symp. Of GRSNC, Montréal. 2009

[Ryczko et al 2009] Ryczko, D., Lamarque, S., Didier, H., Cabelguen, J.M., “Dynamics of the axial locomotor network in the isolated spinal cord of the salamander”, abstract for the Annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, 2009.

[Grillner et al 2007] Grillner, S., Kozlov, A., Dario, P., Stefanini, C., Menciassi, A., Lansner, A. and Hellgren Kotaleski, J., “Modeling a vertebrate motor system - pattern generation, steering and control of body orientation”, Progr. In Brain Res. (in press), 2007

[Ijspeert et al 2007] Ijspeert, A.J., Crespi, A., Ryczko, D. and Cabelguen, J., “From Swimming to Walking with a Salamander Robot Driven by a Spinal Cord Model”, Science, vol. 315, no. 5817, pp. 1416-1420, March 2007

[Crespi and Ijspeert 2006] Crespi, A. and Ijspeert, A., “AmphiBot II: An Amphibious Snake Robot that Crawls and Swims using a Central Pattern Generator”, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Climbing and Walking Robots (CLAWAR 2006), pp. 19-27, 2006

[Grillner 2006] Grillner, S., “Biological pattern generation: the cellular and computational logic of networks in motion”, Neuron., vol. 52, no. 5, pp. 751-766, Dec 7 2006

[Stefanini et al 2006] Stefanini, C., Orlandi, G., Menciassi, A., Ravier, Y., La Spina, G., Grillner, S. and Dario, P., “A Mechanism For Biomimetic Actuation In Lamprey-like Robots”, the first International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (Biorob 2006), Pisa, Italy, Feb. 2006

[Dario et al 2005] Dario, P., Carrozza, M., Guglielmelli, E., Laschi, C., Menciassi, A., Micera, S., Vecchi, F., “Robotics as a future and emerging technology: biomimetics, cybernetics, and neuro-robotics in European projects”, Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, 12, pp. 29-45, 2005

[Bem et al 2003] Bem, T., Cabelguen, J.M., Ekeberg, Ö. and Grillner, S., “From swimming to walking: a single basic network for two different behaviors”, Biological Cybernetics, vol. 88, pp. 79–90, 2003

[Kozlov et al 2001] Kozlov, A.K., Aurell, E., Orlovsky, G.N., Deliagina, T.G., Zelenin, P.V., Hellgren-Kotaleski, J. and Grillner, S., “Modeling postural control in the lamprey”, Biol. Cybern., vol. 84, no. 5, pp. 323-330, May 2001

[Zelenin et al 2000] Zelenin, P., Deliagina, T., Grillner, S. and Orlovsky, G., “Postural Control in the Lamprey: A Study With a Neuro-Mechanical Model”, Journal of Neurophysiology, vol. 84, pp. 2880-2887, 2000

[Ekeberg and Grillner 1999] Ekeberg, O. and Grillner, S., “Simulations of neuromuscular control in lamprey swimming”, Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B. Biol. Sci., vol. 354, no. 1385, pp. 895-902, May 29, 1999

[Ijspeert and Kodjabachian 1999] Ijspeert, A. and Kodjabachian, J., “Evolution and development of a Central Pattern Generator for the swimming of a lamprey”, Artificial Life, vol. 5, pp. 247-269, 1999

[Ijspeert, Hallam and Willshaw 1998] Ijspeert, A.J., Hallam, J. and Willshaw, D., “From lampreys to salamanders: evolving neural controllers for swimming and walking”, From Animals to Animats, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference of The Society for Adaptive Behavior (SAB98), MIT Press, pp. 390-399, 1998

[Ekeberg, Lansner and Grillner 1995] Ekeberg, Ö., Lansner, A. and Grillner, S., “The neural control of fish swimming studied through numerical simulations”, Adaptive Behavior, vol. 3, pp. 363-384, 1995

[Grillner et al 1995] Grillner, S., Deliagina, T., Ekeberg, O., El Manira, A., Hill, R., Lansner, A., Orlovski, G. and Wallen, P., “Neural networks that coordinate locomotion and body orientation in the lamprey”, Trends in Neurosciences, vol. 18, pp. 270–279, 1995

[Grillner 1985] Grillner, S., “Neurobiological bases of rhythmic motor acts in vertebrates”, Science, vol. 228, no. 4696, pp. 143-149, 1985

[Grillner and Wallén 1984] Grillner, S. and Wallén, P., “How does the Lamprey Central Nervous System make the Lamprey Swim?”, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 112, pp. 337-357, 1984

Publications in press

Stefanini, C., Orofino, S., Manfredi, L., Mintchev, S., Marrazza, S., Assaf, T., Capantini, L., Sinibaldi, E., Grillner, S., Wallén, P., and Dario, P., A novel autonomous, bioinspired swimming robot developed by neuroscientists and bioengineers. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, in press