Research Article

Biologically Inspired Robotic Arm Control Using an Artificial Neural Oscillator

Table 1

Parameters of the neural oscillator and robot arm model.

Initial parameters
Neural oscillator (1)Neural oscillator (2)

Inhibitory weight (w1)1.7Inhibitory weight (w2)1.7
Time constant (Tr1)0.68Time constant (Tr2)0.7
Time constant (Ta1)1.36Time constant(Ta2)1.4
Sensory gain (k1)3.1Sensory gain (k2)15.6
Tonic input (s1)1.0Tonic input (s2)1.0

Robot arm model

Mass 1 (m1)2.347 kgMass 2 (m2)0.834 kg
Inertia 1 (I1)0.0098 kgm2Inertia 2 (I2)0.0035 kgm2
Length 1 (l1)0.224 mLength 2 (I2)0.225 m