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Simulation of snakes using vertical body bending to traverse terrain with large height variation
Yifeng Zhang, Qihan Xuan, Qiyuan Fu +1
Snake moves across various terrains by bending its elongated body. Recent studies discovered that snakes can use vertical bending to traverse terrain of large height variation, suc…
A terrain treadmill to study animal locomotion through large obstacles
Ratan Othayoth, Blake Strebel, Yuanfeng Han +2
A major challenge to understanding locomotion in complex 3-D terrain with large obstacles is to create tools for controlled, systematic lab experiments. Existing terrain arenas onl…
Cockroaches adjust body and appendages to traverse cluttered large obstacles
Yaqing Wang, Ratan Othayoth, Chen Li
To traverse complex natural terrain, animals often transition between locomotor modes. It is well known that locomotor transitions can be induced by switching in neural control cir…
Omni-Roach: A legged robot capable of traversing multiple types of large obstacles and self-righting
Jonathan Mi, Yaqing Wang, Chen Li
Robots excel at avoiding obstacles but struggle to traverse complex 3-D terrain with cluttered large obstacles. By contrast, insects like cockroaches excel at doing so. Recent rese…
A minimalistic stochastic dynamics model of cluttered obstacle traversal
Bokun Zheng, Qihan Xuan, Chen Li
Robots are still poor at traversing cluttered large obstacles required for important applications like search and rescue. By contrast, animals are excellent at doing so, often usin…
Snakes combine vertical and lateral bending to traverse uneven terrain
Qiyuan Fu, Henry C. Astely, Chen Li
Terrestrial locomotion requires generating appropriate ground reaction forces which depend on substrate geometry and physical properties. The richness of positions and orientations…