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Mechanical models for insect locomotion: dynamics and stability in the horizontal plane – II. Application

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We study the dynamics and stability of legged locomotion in the horizontal plane. We discuss the relevance of idealized mechanical models, developed in a companion paper, to recent experiments and simulations on insect running and turning. Applying our results to rapidly running cockroaches, we show that the models' gait and force characteristics match observations reasonably well.

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  1.  Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA, , , , , , US

    John Schmitt & Philip Holmes

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Received: 6 September 1999 / Accepted in revised form: 8 May 2000

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Schmitt, J., Holmes, P. Mechanical models for insect locomotion: dynamics and stability in the horizontal plane – II. Application. Biol Cybern 83, 517–527 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004220000180

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