Evolutionary robotic approaches in primate gait analysis

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 321-338

  Sellers, William Irvin ^a   Pataky, Todd C ^b   Caravaggi, Paolo ^b   Crompton, Robin Huw ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles tendon; Bipedalism; Computer simulation; Elasticity; Locomotion; Virtual ablation

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FOSSIL RECORD; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HOMINID; KINEMATICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; ROBOTICS;

HOMINIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 77951769117     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-010-9396-4     Document Type: Article

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