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Abstract
We study the dynamics and stability of legged locomotion in the horizontal plane. We discuss the relevance of idealized mechanical models, developed in a companion paper, to recent experiments and simulations on insect running and turning. Applying our results to rapidly running cockroaches, we show that the models' gait and force characteristics match observations reasonably well.Mesh:
Year: 2000 PMID: 11130584 DOI: 10.1007/s004220000180
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biol Cybern ISSN: 0340-1200 Impact factor: 2.086