@inproceedings{32c6f681e32540f183734b39e5fd3df0,
title = "A Sensory Feedback Control Law for Octopus Arm Movements",
abstract = "The main contribution of this paper is a novel sensory feedback control law for an octopus arm. The control law is inspired by, and helps integrate, several observations made by biologists. The proposed control law is distinct from prior work which has mainly focused on open-loop control strategies. Several analytical results are described including characterization of the equilibrium and its stability analysis. Numerical simulations demonstrate life-like motion of the soft octopus arm, qualitatively matching behavioral experiments. Quantitative comparison with bend propagation experiments helps provide the first explanation of such canonical motion using a sensory feedback control law. Several remarks are included that help draw parallels with natural pursuit strategies such as motion camouflage or classical pursuit.",
keywords = "Octopus, bend propagation, feedback control, pursuit strategies, sensorimotor control",
author = "Tixian Wang and Udit Halder and Ekaterina Gribkova and Rhanor Gillette and Mattia Gazzola and Mehta, {Prashant G.}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 IEEE.; 61st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2022 ; Conference date: 06-12-2022 Through 09-12-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1109/CDC51059.2022.9993021",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "1059--1066",
booktitle = "2022 IEEE 61st Conference on Decision and Control, CDC 2022",
address = "United States",
}