Bio-Inspired Locomotion Control of Limbless Robots

Preface.- Limbless locomotion introduction (classification and the corresponding locomotive features in nature).- Limbless locomotion control in robotic domain.- Design of a lamprey spinal central pattern generator (CPG).- Limbless locomotion under the lamprey spinal CPG.- Sensory reflex mechanism.- Adaptive limbless locomotion.- Research challenges .

Guoyuan Li is a full professor at the Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Institute of Technical Aspects of Multimodal Systems, Department of Informatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, in 2013. Since 2014, he has been with the Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ålesund, Norway. He became an associate professor of ship intelligence, and further promoted to full professor at Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, NTNU, Ålesund, Norway  in 2018 and 2021, respectively. Dr. Li has published more than 90 papers in the areas of his research interests which include locomotion control of bioinspired robots, digitalization, simulation and modelling, eye tracking analysis, and artificial intelligence and optimization algorithms in marine operation. Dr. Li has received one best paper award and two finalist award at IEEE international conferences.

Houxiang Zhang is a full professor and director of Intelligent Systems Laboratory, at the Department of Ocean Operations and Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He received his Ph.D. degree on Mechanical and Electronic Engineering in 2003. From 2004, he worked as Postdoctoral fellow, senior researcher at the Institute of Technical Aspects of Multimodal Systems (TAMS), Department of Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences, University of Hamburg, Germany. In Feb. 2011, he finished the Habilitation on Informatics at University of Hamburg. Dr. Zhang joined the NTNU, Norway in April 2011 where he is a full Professor on Mechatronics. From 2011 to 2016, Dr. Zhang also hold a Norwegian national GIFT Professorship on product and system design funded by Norwegian Maritime