Many-legged maneuverability: Dynamics of turning in hexapods

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1603-1623

  Jindrich, Devin L ^a   Full, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Blaberu s discoidalis; Cockroach; Control; Curve walking; Insect; Locomotion; Mechanics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032992894     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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