Arndt von Twickel
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7
Total Citations
217
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About
Arndt von Twickel is a leading researcher at the intersection of neurobiology and robotics, whose work focuses on understanding and replicating the neural control of locomotion. His major contributions center on translating biological principles from insect walking—particularly the stick insect—into robust, modular neural network controllers for legged robots. His most cited paper, "Controlling legs for locomotion—insights from robotics and neurobiology" (2015, 87 citations), synthesizes decades of cross-disciplinary knowledge, establishing a foundational framework for bio-inspired walking machines. Von Twickel is also known for implementing a single-leg stick insect controller derived directly from neuro-biological data (2011, 47 citations), and for demonstrating the successful transfer of these simulated controllers to physical hardware in a modular multi-legged walking machine (2011, 40 citations). Beyond locomotion, he has explored the interplay between internal dynamics and environmental feedback in evolved robot behavior, and developed YARS, a physical 3D simulator for evolving real-robot controllers. His work bridges the gap between biological models and embodied artificial intelligence, offering key insights for students and researchers in biorobotics, neural control, and evolutionary robotics.
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- 1Controlling legs for locomotion—insights from robotics and neurobiology87 citations · 2015
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- 5YARS: A Physical 3D Simulator for Evolving Controllers for Real Robots18 citations · 2008
- 6Evolving Humanoid Behaviors for Language Games2 citations · 2012
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