Add to ORKGThis thesis is a model-based exploration of the classic hypothesis that animals locomote in a manner that minimizes the metabolic cost of the task. First, we formulate perhaps the simplest mathematical model of a bipedal ani-mal that is capable of an infinite variety of gaits — including many types of walking, running, and skipping. The model, first described by Alexander (1980), consists of a point-mass upper body and massless legs which are capable of performing work on the upper body when in contact with the ground. We determine the positive and negative work required by the model to perform idealized versions of various familiar gaits. Approximating the total metabolic cost as being only due to posi-tive and negative work, we find that ...
Does limb design influence the cost of locomotion in quadrupedal mammals? If not, morphologists must...
Skipping, a gait children display when they are about four- to five-years-old, is revealed to be mor...
In spite of the sustained worldwide efforts of the last few decades, the development of mobile robot...
Walking and running, the two basic gaits used by man, are very complex movements. They can, however,...
Energy costs of locomotion in mammals can be predicted from running speed and body mass, with the mi...
For decades, biologists believed that animals walk because the brain calculates motion trajectories ...
Simple optimization models show that bipedal locomotion may largely be governed by the mechanical wo...
<div><p>Simple optimization models show that bipedal locomotion may largely be governed by the mecha...
It is widely held that quadrupeds choose steady gaits that minimize their energetic cost of transpor...
Terrestrial organisms adept at locomotion employ strut-like legs for economical and robust movement ...
Terrestrial organisms adept at locomotion employ strut-like legs for economical and robust movement ...
Note: This is a “pre-print ” version of the paper published in Nature. It is word-for-word the same ...
A simple model predicts the energy cost of bipedal locomotion for given speed, stride length, duty f...
Even though human legs allow a wide repertoire of movements, when people travel by foot they mostly ...
The work done during each step to lift and to reaccelerate (in the forward direction) and center of ...
Does limb design influence the cost of locomotion in quadrupedal mammals? If not, morphologists must...
Skipping, a gait children display when they are about four- to five-years-old, is revealed to be mor...
In spite of the sustained worldwide efforts of the last few decades, the development of mobile robot...
Walking and running, the two basic gaits used by man, are very complex movements. They can, however,...
Energy costs of locomotion in mammals can be predicted from running speed and body mass, with the mi...
For decades, biologists believed that animals walk because the brain calculates motion trajectories ...
Simple optimization models show that bipedal locomotion may largely be governed by the mechanical wo...
<div><p>Simple optimization models show that bipedal locomotion may largely be governed by the mecha...
It is widely held that quadrupeds choose steady gaits that minimize their energetic cost of transpor...
Terrestrial organisms adept at locomotion employ strut-like legs for economical and robust movement ...
Terrestrial organisms adept at locomotion employ strut-like legs for economical and robust movement ...
Note: This is a “pre-print ” version of the paper published in Nature. It is word-for-word the same ...
A simple model predicts the energy cost of bipedal locomotion for given speed, stride length, duty f...
Even though human legs allow a wide repertoire of movements, when people travel by foot they mostly ...
The work done during each step to lift and to reaccelerate (in the forward direction) and center of ...
Does limb design influence the cost of locomotion in quadrupedal mammals? If not, morphologists must...
Skipping, a gait children display when they are about four- to five-years-old, is revealed to be mor...
In spite of the sustained worldwide efforts of the last few decades, the development of mobile robot...