A hexapedal jointed-leg model for insect locomotion in the horizontal plane

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 97, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 379-395

  Kukillaya, Raghavendra P ^a   Holmes, Philip J ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hexapedal; Insect locomotion; Jointed legs; Lateral leg spring model; Periodic gait; Poincar map; Stability

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

PATTERN GENERATORS; PROPRIOCEPTIVE FEEDBACK PATHWAYS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BLABERUS DISCOIDALIS; BLATTARIA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HINDLIMB; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 40749098624     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: 14320770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00422-007-0180-2     Document Type: Article

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