Propelling and perturbing appendages together facilitate strenuous ground self-righting
Locomotor transitions in the potential energy landscape-dominated regime
A terrain treadmill to study animal locomotion through large obstacles
Cockroaches adjust body and appendages to traverse cluttered large obstacles
SenSnake: A snake robot with contact force sensing for studying locomotion in complex 3-D terrain
A minimalistic stochastic dynamics model of cluttered obstacle traversal
Coordinated appendages help accumulate energy to self-right on the ground
Randomness in appendage coordination facilitates strenuous ground self-righting
Omni-Roach: A legged robot capable of traversing multiple types of large obstacles and self-righting
Snakes combine vertical and lateral bending to traverse uneven terrain
Continuous body 3-D reconstruction of limbless animals
Shape-induced obstacle attraction and repulsion during dynamic locomotion
An energy landscape approach to locomotor transitions in complex 3D terrain
Robotic modelling of snake traversing large, smooth obstacles reveals stability benefits of body compliance
Cockroaches use diverse strategies to self-right on the ground
Snakes partition their body to traverse large steps stably
Dynamic legged traversal of large gap and bump obstacles
Large gap traversal – First dynamic template for locomotion in 3-D terrain
Gart et al. 2018 Bioinsp. Biomim.
Large bump traversal – Locomotion energy landscape reveals mechanical principles
Gart & Li 2018 Bioinsp. Biomim.
Cockroach-inspired Winged Self-Righting Robot
Terradynamic Streamlining Inspired by Cockroaches
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