Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits

Pavan Ramdya; Robin Thandiackal; Raphael Cherney; Thibault Asselborn; Richard Benton; Auke Jan Ijspeert; Dario Floreano

doi:10.1038/ncomms14494

Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Climbing favours the tripod gait over alternative faster insect gaits

Pavan Ramdya,
Robin Thandiackal,
Raphael Cherney,
Thibault Asselborn,
Richard Benton,
Auke Jan Ijspeert,
Dario Floreano

Affiliations

Pavan Ramdya: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Robin Thandiackal: Biorobotics Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Raphael Cherney: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Thibault Asselborn: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Richard Benton: Center for Integrative Genomics, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
Auke Jan Ijspeert: Biorobotics Laboratory, Institute of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dario Floreano: Laboratory of Intelligent Systems, Institute of Microengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14494
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Numerous selective forces shape animal locomotion patterns and as a result, different animals evolved to use different gaits. Here, Ramdyaet al. use live and in silicoDrosophila, as well as an insect-model robot, to gain insights into the conditions that promote the ubiquitous tripod gait observed in most insects.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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