Dynamics of geckos running vertically
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Dynamics of geckos running vertically.
Geckos with adhesive toe pads rapidly climb even smooth vertical surfaces. We challenged geckos (Hemidactylus garnotii) to climb up a smooth vertical track that contained a force platform. Geckos climbed vertically at up to 77 cm s(-1) with a stride frequency of 15 Hz using a trotting gait. During each step, whole body fore-aft, lateral and normal forces all decreased to zero when the animal at...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01980