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Tail use improves performance on soft substrates in models of early vertebrate land locomotors
- Benjamin McInroe1,*,
- Henry C. Astley1,*,
- Chaohui Gong2,
- Sandy M. Kawano3,
- Perrin E. Schiebel1,
- Jennifer M. Rieser1,
- Howie Choset2,
- Richard W. Blob4,
- Daniel I. Goldman1,5,†
- 1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- 2Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
- 3National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
- 4Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
- 5School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
- ↵†Corresponding author. Email: daniel.goldman{at}physics.gatech.edu
↵* These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Science 08 Jul 2016:
Vol. 353, Issue 6295, pp. 154-158
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf0984
Vol. 353, Issue 6295, pp. 154-158
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf0984
Benjamin McInroe
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Henry C. Astley
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Chaohui Gong
2Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Sandy M. Kawano
3National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Perrin E. Schiebel
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Jennifer M. Rieser
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Howie Choset
2Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Richard W. Blob
4Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, SC, USA.
Daniel I. Goldman
1School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.
5School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.