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physics.bio-ph2026★ 437 cited
Undulatory Swimming in Sand: Subsurface Locomotion of the Sandfish Lizard
Ryan D. Maladen, Yang Ding, Chen Li +1
The desert-dwelling sandfish (Scincus scincus) moves within dry sand, a material that displays solid and fluidlike behavior. High-speed x-ray imaging shows that below the surface,…
physics.bio-ph2009★ 218 cited
Sensitive dependence of the motion of a legged robot on granular media
Chen Li, Paul B. Umbanhowar, Haldun Komsuoglu +2
Legged locomotion on flowing ground ({\em e.g.} granular media) is unlike locomotion on hard ground because feet experience both solid- and fluid-like forces during surface penetra…