Animal Locomotion
2D and 3D analysis of animal locomotion from biplanar X-ray videos using augmented active appearance models
... of animal locomotion is essential. To analyze the locomotion of animals, high-speed X-ray videos are recorded, in which anatomical landmarks of the locomotor system are of main interest and must be ...
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Estimating velocities and accelerations of animal locomotion: a simulation experiment comparing numerical differentiation algorithms
... The results present a much more optimistic role for numerical differentiation than suggested previously. Overall, the two quintic spline algorithms performed best, although the rank order of the methods varied with video ...
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Studies in Animal Locomotion
... THE PROGRESSION OF NEREIS THROUGH WATER The movements executed by Nereis when swimming actively through water are essentially the same as those seen during rapid locomotion over the surf[r] ...
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Studies In Animal Locomotion
... THE ROLE OF PROPRIOCEPTOR REFLEXES DURING AMBULATION The elicitation of an ambulatory rhythm in response to stretch was first demonstrated by Friedlander 1888 who showed that if the post[r] ...
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Studies in Animal Locomotion
... If separate electrodes are used for the stimulation of the two sides of the cord and one of the electrodes be removed when the reversed swimming reaction is being elicited, the posterior[r] ...
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Studies in Animal Locomotion
... a spinal preparation has become fatigued no response occurs to tactile stimulation, but a typical resistance reflex can be elicited by pressing the tail against the edge of the tube by m[r] ...
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Studies in Animal Locomotion
... rest is replaced by a laminar now when the model is exhibiting typically propulsive movements, but the evidence suggests that the water in the vicinity of the hind end of the body of a f[r] ...
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Mathematical modeling and simulation of aquatic and aerial animal locomotion
... 9 Chapter 2 Theory for the Mathematical Model of the Vortex in Potential Flow 2.1 2.1.1 Krasny’s Vortex Blob Method Vortex Formation at the Edge of a Circular Tube Introduction Inspired [r] ...
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STUDIES IN ANIMAL LOCOMOTION
... We can now draw the important conclusion that if the waves of contraction which pass down a fish's body appear to move backwards relative to a fixed point in the environment, the body of[r] ...
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STUDIES IN ANIMAL LOCOMOTION
... After amputation of the caudal fin, the movements carried out by the tail of a whiting relative to the head are those characteristic of a comparatively short flexible rod oscillating abo[r] ...
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Studies in Animal Locomotion
... The observed movements of the fish's body can be summarised as follows: 1 All parts of the fish's body which are in transverse motion have their leading surfaces directed backwards and t[r] ...
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New hybrid locomotion system design
... its locomotion may be in track, wheel or both (Bayar et ...the locomotion platform and manipulator arm introduced in 2010, this robot supports both locomotion and manipulation ...Track ...
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A Review on Development of Robotic Fish
... Fish are able to move efficiently due to their body shape, fin form and kinematic [5]. The aerodynamic shape of fish body reduces drag and turbulent flow while kinematic produces thrust for movement. Different species of ...
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Energetic costs of locomotion in bears: is plantigrade locomotion energetically economical?
... plantigrade locomotion enhances pendular mechanics and reduces ground collisional losses in kinetic energy while walking, at the expense of reduced elastic storage at higher speeds (Cunningham et ...
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Speed, stride frequency and energy cost per stride: how do they change with body size and gait?
... Combining this speed and frequency data with previously published data on the energetic cost of locomotion, we find that the mass-specific energetic cost of locomotion is almost directly[r] ...
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Effect of variation in form on the cost of terrestrial locomotion
... When the metabolic cost of locomotion is normalized for the rate of force production by dividing the cost by stride frequency, the mass-specific metabolic cost of locomotion in mammals f[r] ...
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Walking patterns induced by learned odors in the honeybee, Apis mellifera L
... the locomotion recorder program via pulses generated at the computer ’ s parallel port, with a timing precision of ...to locomotion-recording data ...a locomotion-recording trial ...
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The Locomotion of Nematodes
... Before discussing the general nature of the flow of water in the vicinity of an undulating body it may be useful to summarize the main features of the movement of particles in the neighb[r] ...
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Adhesion and Detachment of the Toe Pads of Tree Frogs
... Use of a force platform to measure directly the forces exerted by the feet during locomotion shows that, during forward locomotion up a vertical slope, this peeling is not accompanied by[r] ...
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Development Of Open System And Application Mobile Platform For All Terrain Locomation
... It is common where a robot development process emphasizes on electronic systems and programming aspects but little on the mechanical characteristic. If the robot had good electronic system and programming but less at the ...
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