abstract = "Shows how genetic programming can be applied to the
task of evolving the neural oscillators that produce
the coordinated movements of human-like bipedal
locomotion. In biomechanical engineering research,
robotics and neurophysiology, it is of major interest
to clarify the mechanism of human bipedal walking. This
serves as the basis for developing several
applications, such as rehabilitation tools and humanoid
robots. Nevertheless, because of the complexity of the
neuronal system that interacts with the body dynamics
system to make walking movements, much is left unknown
about the details of the locomotion mechanism.
Researchers have previously been looking for the
optimal model of the neuronal system by trial and
error. In this paper, we apply genetic programming to
induce the model of the nervous system automatically
and show its effectiveness by simulating a human
bipedal gait with the obtained model. Our experimental
results are preliminary but they show some promising
evidence for further improvements",
notes = "CEC-2001 - A joint meeting of the IEEE, Evolutionary
Programming Society, Galesia, and the IEE.