Similarity in multilegged locomotion: Bouncing like a monopode

Journal of Comparative Physiology A

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 509-517

  Blickhan, R ^a   Full, R J ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetics; Legs; Locomotion; Mechanics; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000308710     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00197760     Document Type: Review

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