RobotMuybridgeModes of locomotionJacqueline WoodsonBipedalPlateQuadrupedalInterruptionMotionLonnieMorphologicalBehaviorRobotsChallengesAnimalSustainSnakeMovementsPerceptionControlHumansControllerSystemPlatformsBookBodyPlaceDistanceDirectionEnergy-efficientMovementSurfaceGuideLoveDynamicProblemsFootFree
Robot12
- video: Tufts University-led researchers studying caterpillars have reported on a unique system of locomotion never before reported for any animal, which may have implications for robot design and for human biomechanics. (eurekalert.org)
- The methodology is used to explore different robot morphologies that attempt to minimize structural complexity (number of elements) while facilitating smooth locomotion (impact between robot and surface). (frontiersin.org)
- We have developed a biologically inspired reconfigurable quadruped robot which can perform walking and rolling locomotion and transform between walking and rolling by reconfiguring its legs. (hindawi.com)
- This paper presents an approach to control rolling locomotion with the biologically inspired quadruped robot. (hindawi.com)
- For controlling rolling locomotion, a controller which can compensate robot's energy loss during rolling locomotion is designed based on a dynamic model of the quadruped robot. (hindawi.com)
- The dynamic model describes planar rolling locomotion based on an assumption that the quadruped robot does not fall down while rolling and the influences of collision and contact with the ground, and it is applied for computing the mechanical energy and a plant in a numerical simulation. (hindawi.com)
- The simulation results show that the quadruped robot can perform periodic rolling locomotion with the proposed energy-based controller. (hindawi.com)
- have focused on a caterpillar that can escape rapidly from predators by reconfiguring its body structure like a wheel and have developed a caterpillar-inspired soft robot, which has attempted rolling locomotion [ 17 ]. (hindawi.com)
- King has focused on somersault rolling locomotion performed by a spider called "huntsman spider ( Cebrennus villosus )" and has developed a quadruped robot capable of somersaulting, which has performed somersault rolling locomotion [ 18 ]. (hindawi.com)
- In this paper, we discuss periodic rolling locomotion control of one of our platforms called the huntsman-spider-inspired quadruped robot. (hindawi.com)
- We show that the quadruped robot performs periodic rolling locomotion with energy-based control. (hindawi.com)
- The quadruped robot loses some of robot's energy due to collision and contact with the ground while rolling, and therefore it cannot perform periodic rolling locomotion without energy supply. (hindawi.com)
Muybridge2
- Within a year of moving to the University of Pennsylvania, Muybridge created more than 100,000 negatives of people and animals in motion, 781 of which were published in the book Animal Locomotion. (rockfordartmuseum.org)
- Muybridge is most remembered for his contributions to the understanding of human and animal locomotion. (20x200.com)
Modes of locomotion2
- They say this could be explained by the different modes of locomotion and contributes to the understanding of the human evolution of bipedalism. (biomedcentral.com)
- Unique modes of locomotion - The wheels of the robots are actuated or passive, so the robots have unique modes of locomotion. (azorobotics.com)
Jacqueline Woodson1
- After reading Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson use this printable and interactive Criss Cross puzzle. (rif.org)
Bipedal2
- Humans are more commonly afflicted with spinal disease than non-human primates, and one widely discussed explanation for this is the stress placed on the spine by bipedal locomotion. (biomedcentral.com)
- Modifications in the locomotion (bipedal to quadrupedal) and the successive increase in body mass seem to be the main attributes driving sauropodomorph morphospace distribution during the Late Triassic and earliest Jurassic. (unboundmedicine.com)
Plate1
- Enter your email to be notified by email when Animal Locomotion: Plate 596 (Horse) becomes available. (20x200.com)
Quadrupedal1
- In one Turkish family, affected people walk on their hands and feet (quadrupedal locomotion). (medlineplus.gov)
Interruption2
- In the eighth season premiere, "The Locomotion Interruption", Sheldon's cross-country train journey comes to an abrupt end in Arizona, where Leonard and Amy must go pick him up. (the-big-bang-theory.com)
- Pictures from the eighth season premiere of The Big Bang Theory, "The Locomotion Interruption", have been released. (the-big-bang-theory.com)
Motion3
- The Virtual Locomotion Setup consists of a 6DoF Stewart motion platform, similar to one that is usually used for flight simulators, and is able to carry 1.5t of equipment. (uni-ulm.de)
- A rich volume including all of Muybridge's renowned sequential photographs of humans and animals in motion that vastly improved our understanding of the particularities of locomotion. (stoutbooks.com)
- When I think of my book, LOCOMOTION, the story of Lonnie Collins Motion began, for me, in the fifth grade -- the first year I knew I was going to be a writer. (huffpost.com)
Lonnie2
- In PEACE, LOCOMOTION, we meet Lonnie again -- a year older, settling into his new family, coming to terms with his own internal wars ( a teacher who tells him he is not a real writer until he's published, a younger sister who wants to forget the past) and the war his foster brother is fighting in. (huffpost.com)
- In PEACE, LOCOMOTION, I took Lonnie/myself into the heart of the world of PTSD -- as a means of figuring out how one can walk through this tragedy, and emerge whole. (huffpost.com)
Morphological1
- Four other morphological traits essential for locomotion and food acquisition that are commonly measured in fishes were also included in the study. (bvsalud.org)
Behavior1
- In this paper, by introducing a few underactuated locomotion systems, we explain (1) how mechanical body structures are related to motor control in locomotion behavior, (2) how a simple computational control process can generate complex locomotion behavior, and (3) how a motor control architecture can exploit the body dynamics through a learning process. (sciweavers.org)
Robots7
- Robustness, compactness, and portability of tensegrity robots make them suitable candidates for locomotion on unknown terrains. (frontiersin.org)
- Locomotion strategies for such robots involve altering the position of center-of-mass (referred to as internal mass shifting) to induce "tip-over. (frontiersin.org)
- This contrasts to the sudden and piece-wise continuous change for the case of robots with traditional straight links which generate impulse reaction forces during locomotion. (frontiersin.org)
- The two resulting robots-the Icosahedron and the Sphericon Tensegrity Robots-display shape morphing (packing-unpacking) capabilities and achieve locomotion through internal mass-shifting. (frontiersin.org)
- The presented static equilibrium analysis of sphericon with mass is the first step in the direction of dynamic locomotion control of these curved link robots. (frontiersin.org)
- Reconfigurable robots inspired by a creature performing walking and rolling locomotion particularly provide the capability to attain the fast and energy-efficient movement on the flat ground with rolling locomotion and high stability and mobility on the uneven ground with walking locomotion. (hindawi.com)
- For periodic rolling locomotion, we focus on robot's energy during rolling locomotion, though previous studies of rolling locomotion on reconfigurable robots [ 8 , 11 , 20 , 21 ] have focused on the movement of robot's center of gravity (COG). (hindawi.com)
Challenges1
- Despite these advantages, challenges remain relating to ease of fabrication, shape morphing (packing-unpacking), and locomotion capabilities. (frontiersin.org)
Animal5
- MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. -- Biologists at Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences studying crawling caterpillars have reported a unique "two-body" system of locomotion that has not previously been reported in any animal. (eurekalert.org)
- Animal Locomotion. (si.edu)
- despite Muybridge's efforts to improve our understanding of animal locomotion. (beikey.net)
- The photos were published in 1887 as a 11 volume collotype portfolio with 781 plates: Animal Locomotion: an Electro-photographic Investigation of Consecutive Phases of Animal Movements. (laurencemillergallery.com)
- Currently, it is accepted that animal locomotion is controlled by a central pattern generator in the spinal cord. (lu.se)
Sustain2
- Our results suggest that geckos can sustain adhesive locomotion for at least 2 m on wet substrates. (bioone.org)
- Experiments and models show that rhythm generating neurons and genetically determined network properties could sustain oscillatory output activity suitable for locomotion. (lu.se)
Snake1
- of these is known as "concertina" locomotion, because the snake in action resembles the opening and closing of an accordion or a concertina. (britannica.com)
Movements1
- SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Spinal circuits play an essential role in coordinating movements during locomotion. (jneurosci.org)
Perception1
- In this review article we address the problem of distance perception during locomotion. (bvsalud.org)
Control3
- In conclusion, it is shown that the proposed control approach is effective in achieving the periodic rolling locomotion on the flat ground. (hindawi.com)
- Navigation requires steering and propulsion, but how spinal circuits contribute to direction control during ongoing locomotion is not well understood. (jneurosci.org)
- However, current central pattern generator models do not explain how a spinal cord circuitry, which has the same basic genetic plan across species, can adapt to control the different biomechanical properties and locomotion patterns existing in these species. (lu.se)
Humans1
- Researchers studied the vertebrae of humans, chimpanzees and orangutans to examine links between vertebral shape, locomotion, and the appearance of vertical disc herniation in humans. (biomedcentral.com)
Controller3
- You can set it up so that you can move freely within your room-scale space until you click a button on your controller to enable Talaria's locomotion system. (tomshardware.com)
- The numerical simulation of rolling locomotion on the flat ground verifies the effectiveness of the proposed controller. (hindawi.com)
- The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified through a numerical simulation of its rolling locomotion. (hindawi.com)
System2
- Although internal tissue movement caused by locomotion has been identified in many organisms, the caterpillars seemed to be propelling themselves by means of a two-body system -- the body wall container and the gut it contained. (eurekalert.org)
- Locomotion System The locomotion system uses a holonomic drive system with four Mecanum wheels mounted on servos. (lu.se)
Platforms1
- We have optimized the design mechanism presented in [ 18 ] and have developed reconfigurable robotic platforms which can perform walking and rolling locomotion and transform between walking and rolling by reconfiguring their legs. (hindawi.com)
Book1
- The book was a National Book Award finalist, won the Coretta Scott King Honor, and inspired a second book, PEACE, LOCOMOTION, but the story started much earlier than that. (huffpost.com)
Body2
- soil by a process called concertina locomotion, in which the body alternately folds and extends itself along its entire length, often occurring within the envelope of skin as well as by flexures of the entire body. (britannica.com)
- It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. (bvsalud.org)
Place2
- Locomotion means the act or ability of something to transport or move itself from place to place. (wikipedia.org)
- During 2 visits (before and after training) a survey was administered to identify management practices in place that concern dairy cow welfare and BQA, and an attempt was made to evaluate every lactating cow for BCS and locomotion score. (cdc.gov)
Distance1
- Austin M. Garner , Alyssa Y. Stark , Scott A. Thomas , and Peter H. Niewiarowski "Geckos go the Distance: Water's Effect on the Speed of Adhesive Locomotion in Geckos," Journal of Herpetology 51(2), 240-244, (3 April 2017). (bioone.org)
Direction1
- Our findings suggest a modular organization of spinal premotor circuits that enables uninterrupted adjustments in direction during ongoing locomotion. (jneurosci.org)
Energy-efficient1
- Changes in key traits versus depth and latitude suggest energy-efficient locomotion, opportunistic feeding and light lead to adaptive morphologies of marine fishes. (bvsalud.org)
Movement1
- The Talaria VR locomotion wearable is designed to be strapped to your foot, which is similar to how the Omni tracks your movement. (tomshardware.com)
Surface1
- Concertina locomotion is used when there is not enough frictional resistance along the locomotor surface for serpentine locomotion. (britannica.com)
Guide1
- In this Uncharted 2: Among Thieves guide, we'll help you find the three treasures in Chapter 13 "Locomotion," part of the PS4's Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection . (polygon.com)
Love1
- And here is where Locomotion arrives -- because this story was always coming, was always being told -- in bits and pieces, the story of a boy who is learning to love himself, his life, his world -- through poetry. (huffpost.com)
Dynamic1
- Its dynamic model describes planar rolling locomotion based on an assumption that it does not fall down while rolling and the influences of collision and contact with the ground. (hindawi.com)
Problems1
- Comfortable locomotion might be the most prominent of those problems. (tomshardware.com)
Foot1
- The 2 semilunar-shaped sesamoid bones aid the foot in locomotion. (msdmanuals.com)
Free1
- Look up locomotion in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (wikipedia.org)