3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Embodied intelligence solves the centipede's dilemma
Adam Dionne, Fabio Giardina, L. Mahadevan
Although commonly associated with limbless animals like snakes and fish, multi-legged organisms like centipedes also utilize undulatory locomotion. Whether these undulations are ac…
cond-mat.soft2023
Zonal flows and reversals of cortically confined active suspensions
J. S. Yodh, F. Giardina, S. Gokhale +1
At sufficiently high concentrations, motile bacteria suspended in fluids exhibit a range of ordered and disordered collective motions. Here we explore the combined effects of confi…
q-bio.QM2020
Models of benthic bipedalism
F. Giardina, L. Mahadevan
Walking is a common bipedal and quadrupedal gait and is often associated with terrestrial and aquatic organisms. Inspired by recent evidence of the neural underpinnings of primitiv…