Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

2009 Edition
| Editors: Marc D. Binder, Nobutaka Hirokawa, Uwe Windhorst

Redundant Set, Redundancy Problem

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_4993

Definition

Also called Bernstein’s problem, named after the scientist who has considered it as a major problem in motor control research; ambiguity in transforming a set of variables into a set of more numerous variables so that a unique solution of many possible solutions of the motor task must be chosen, for example, when it is necessary to distribute total torque acting on a joint into individual torques of muscles spanning this joint, or to choose one of many possible ways of combining different degrees of freedom of the body to reach the motor goal. See also the principle of neurological minimization.

 Equilibrium Point Control

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