Add to ORKGReprinted from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, Vol.95, 1998.To move on land, in water, or in the air, even at constant speed and at the same level, always re- quires an expenditure of energy. The resistance to motion that has to be overcome is of many different kinds depending on size, speed, and the characteristics of the medium, and is a fascinating subject in itself. Even more interesting are nature's stratagems and solutions towards minimizing the effort involved in the locomotion of different types of living crearures, and man's imitations and inventions in an attempt to do at least as well
Moving about in nature often involves walking or running on a soft yielding substratum such as sand,...
This lesson points out that the motion of objects (velocity or acceleration) is almost never constan...
To be published in an IMA Springer Volume for the workshop: Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surf...
In this chapter the physics behind animal movement, the adaptations found in locomotion to generate ...
Human locomotion has been well described but is still not well understood. This is largely true beca...
This paper reports an analysis of the principles underlying human performances on the basis of the w...
Walking and running, the two basic gaits used by man, are very complex movements. They can, however,...
The work done during each step to lift and to reaccelerate (in the forward direction) and center of ...
Maximal absolute speeds in human locomotion range from a minimum of about 7km?h-1 in swimming (100m ...
Locomotion is the most common form of movement in nature. Its study allows analysis of interactions ...
Musculo-skeletal systems and body design in general have evolved to move effectively and travel in s...
Movement is very important for humans. From our earliest days, we seem eager to get up and move arou...
In this two-part talk, I will first describe our human locomotion experiments and optimization calcu...
Locomotion of multibody systems in resistive media can be based on periodic change of the system con...
Many recent designs of soft robots and nano-robots feature locomotion mechanisms that cleverly explo...
Moving about in nature often involves walking or running on a soft yielding substratum such as sand,...
This lesson points out that the motion of objects (velocity or acceleration) is almost never constan...
To be published in an IMA Springer Volume for the workshop: Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surf...
In this chapter the physics behind animal movement, the adaptations found in locomotion to generate ...
Human locomotion has been well described but is still not well understood. This is largely true beca...
This paper reports an analysis of the principles underlying human performances on the basis of the w...
Walking and running, the two basic gaits used by man, are very complex movements. They can, however,...
The work done during each step to lift and to reaccelerate (in the forward direction) and center of ...
Maximal absolute speeds in human locomotion range from a minimum of about 7km?h-1 in swimming (100m ...
Locomotion is the most common form of movement in nature. Its study allows analysis of interactions ...
Musculo-skeletal systems and body design in general have evolved to move effectively and travel in s...
Movement is very important for humans. From our earliest days, we seem eager to get up and move arou...
In this two-part talk, I will first describe our human locomotion experiments and optimization calcu...
Locomotion of multibody systems in resistive media can be based on periodic change of the system con...
Many recent designs of soft robots and nano-robots feature locomotion mechanisms that cleverly explo...
Moving about in nature often involves walking or running on a soft yielding substratum such as sand,...
This lesson points out that the motion of objects (velocity or acceleration) is almost never constan...
To be published in an IMA Springer Volume for the workshop: Natural Locomotion in Fluids and on Surf...