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Holk Cruse is affiliated with Bielefeld University in Germany. Their research spans several interdisciplinary fields including Neuroscience, Engineering, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work frequently intersects with subfields such as Biomedical Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cell Biology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Genetics.

Their research topics cover a broad range of areas, notably Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research, Robotic Locomotion and Control, Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior. Additional areas include Biomimetic flight and propulsion mechanisms, Motor Control and Adaptation, and Plant and Animal Studies.

Holk Cruse has contributed to multiple publications in various scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • PLoS Computational Biology
  • IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers by Holk Cruse and collaborators include:

  • Decentralized control of insect walking: A simple neural network explains a wide range of behavioral and neurophysiological results, 2020, PLoS Computational Biology
  • From Adaptive Locomotion to Predictive Action Selection - Cognitive Control for a Six-Legged Walker, 2021, IEEE Transactions on Robotics
  • neuroWalknet, a controller for hexapod walking allowing for context dependent behavior, 2023, PLoS Computational Biology
  • On the 'cognitive map debate' in insect navigation, 2023, Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A
  • neuroWalknet, a controller for hexapod walking allowing for context dependent behavior, 2022, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Holk Cruse has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Malte Schilling, Jan Paskarbeit, Helge Ritter, Axel Schneider, and Rüdiger Wehner.

Best Publications

  • Load-regulating mechanisms in gait and posture: comparative aspects.

    J.E.J. Duysens;F. Clarac;H. Cruse

  • What mechanisms coordinate leg movement in walking arthropods

    Holk Cruse

  • Walknet—a biologically inspired network to control six-legged walking

    Holk Cruse;Thomas Kindermann;Michael Schumm;Jeffrey Dean

  • The function of the legs in the free walking stick insect,Carausius morosus

    Holk Cruse

  • Constraints for joint angle control of the human arm

    H Cruse

  • On the cost functions for the control of the human arm movement

    H. Cruse;E. Wischmeyer;M. Brüwer;P. Brockfeld

  • The human arm as a redundant manipulator: the control of path and joint angles.

    Holk Cruse;M. Brüwer

  • Control of Three- and Four-Joint Arm Movement: Strategies for a Manipulator With Redundant Degrees of Freedom.

    Holk Cruse;Michael Brüwer;Jeffrey Dean

  • Behaviour-based modelling of hexapod locomotion: linking biology and technical application.

    Volker Dürr;Josef Schmitz;Holk Cruse

  • No need for a cognitive map: decentralized memory for insect navigation.

    Holk Cruse;Rüdiger Wehner;Rüdiger Wehner

  • Walknet, a bio-inspired controller for hexapod walking

    Malte Schilling;Thierry Hoinville;Josef Schmitz;Holk Cruse

  • Movement of Joint Angles in the Legs of a Walking Insect, Carausius morosus

    Holk Cruse;C. Bartling

  • The control of body position in the stick insect ( Carausius morosus ), when walking over uneven surfaces

    Holk Cruse

  • Which parameters control the leg movement of a walking insect? II: The start of the swing phase

    Holk Cruse

  • Walking: a complex behavior controlled by simple networks

    H. Cruse;Ch. Bartling;M. Dreifert;J. Schmitz

  • The control of the anterior extreme position of the hindleg of a walking insect, Carausius morosus

    Holk Cruse

  • Stick insect locomotion in a complex environment: climbing over large gaps.

    Bettina Blaesing;Holk Cruse

  • Which Parameters Control the Leg Movement of a Walking Insect?: I. Velocity Control during the Stance Phase

    Holk Cruse

  • A network model for the control of the movement of a redundant manipulator

    M. Brüwer;H. Cruse

  • The evolution of cognition—a hypothesis

    Holk Cruse

  • Steering intermediate courses: desert ants combine information from various navigational routines

    Rüdiger Wehner;Thierry Hoinville;Holk Cruse;Ken Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Helge Ritter
Helge Ritter Bielefeld University
Paolo Arena
Paolo Arena University of Catania
Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo
Rüdiger Wehner
Rüdiger Wehner University of Zurich
Hans-Joachim Pflüger
Hans-Joachim Pflüger Freie Universität Berlin
François Clarac
François Clarac Aix-Marseille University
Luigi Fortuna
Luigi Fortuna University of Catania
Mattia Frasca
Mattia Frasca University of Catania
Friedrich Pfeiffer
Friedrich Pfeiffer Technical University of Munich
Thomas Schack
Thomas Schack Bielefeld University

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