The role of the mechanical system in control: A hypothesis of self-stabilization in hexapedal runners

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 354, Issue 1385, 1999, Pages 849-861

  Kubow, T M ^a   Full, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Biomechanics; Insects; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; ELAGATIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033614583     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1999.0437     Document Type: Article

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