Modeling locomotion of a soft-bodied arthropod using inverse dynamics

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Saunders, Frank ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a   Rife, Jason ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MANDUCA SEXTA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; LEPIDOPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MANDUCA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 79952479105     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/1/016001     Document Type: Article

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