Estimating dinosaur maximum running speeds using evolutionary robotics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1626, 2007, Pages 2711-2716

  Sellers, William Irvin ^a   Manning, Phillip Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Computer simulation; Locomotion; Running

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DINOSAUR; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION; MODELING; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; LOCOMOTION; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; DINOSAURIA;

EID: 35048856404     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0846     Document Type: Article

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