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Kinematic invariances and body schema

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Pietro Morasso
Affiliation:
Department of Informatics, Systems and Telecommunications, University of Genova, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genova, Italy, morrasso@dist.unige.it
Vittorio Sanguineti
Affiliation:
Department of Informatics, Systems and Telecommunications, University of Genova, Via Opera Pia 13, 16145 Genova, Italy, morrasso@dist.unige.it

Abstract

Generalizing the notion that muscles are positional frames of reference, a high-dimensional muscle space is defined for multi-muscle systems with an embedded low-dimensional motor manifold of functional articulators. A central representation of such a manifold is proposed as computational body schema. The example of the jaw-tongue system is presented, discussing the relation of functional articulators with kinematic invariances and control problems.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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