?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Developmental+acquisition+of+entrainment+skills+in%0Arobot+swinging+using+van+der+Pol+oscillators&rft.creator=Veskos%2C+Paschalis&rft.creator=Demiris%2C+Yiannis&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.description=In+this+study+we+investigated+the+effects+of+different%0Amorphological+configurations+on+a+robot+swinging%0Atask+using+van+der+Pol+oscillators.+The+task+was%0Aexamined+using+two+separate+degrees+of+freedom%0A(DoF)%2C+both+in+the+presence+and+absence+of+neural%0Aentrainment.+Neural+entrainment+stabilises+the%0Asystem%2C+reduces+time-to-steady+state+and+relaxes+the%0Arequirement+for+a+strong+coupling+with+the%0Aenvironment+in+order+to+achieve+mechanical%0Aentrainment.+It+was+found+that+staged+release+of+the%0Adistal+DoF+does+not+have+any+benefits+over+using+both%0ADoF+from+the+onset+of+the+experimentation.+On+the%0Acontrary%2C+it+is+less+efficient%2C+both+with+respect+to+the%0Atime+needed+to+reach+a+stable+oscillatory+regime+and%0Athe+maximum+amplitude+it+can+achieve.+The+same%0Aneural+architecture+is+successful+in+achieving%0Aneuromechanical+entrainment+for+a+robotic+walking%0Atask.&rft.publisher=Lund+University+Cognitive+Studies&rft.contributor=Berthouze%2C+Luc&rft.contributor=Kaplan%2C+Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric&rft.contributor=Kozima%2C+Hideki&rft.contributor=Yano%2C+Hiroyuki&rft.contributor=Konczak%2C+J%C3%BCrgen&rft.contributor=Metta%2C+Giorgio&rft.contributor=Nadel%2C+Jacqueline&rft.contributor=Sandini%2C+Giulio&rft.contributor=Stojanov%2C+Georgi&rft.contributor=Balkenius%2C+Christian&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4969%2F1%2Fveskos.pdf&rft.identifier=++Veskos%2C+Paschalis+and+Demiris%2C+Yiannis++(2005)+Developmental+acquisition+of+entrainment+skills+in+robot+swinging+using+van+der+Pol+oscillators.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F4969%2F