Insects are both Impeded and Propelled by their Legs During Walking
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Insects Are Both Impeded and Propelled by Their Legs during Walking
It has been known for several years (Graham, 1972) that some insects do not walk with a constant body velocity. Rapid variations in forward velocity during each leg cycle have been found in locust (Burns, 1973), grasshopper (D. Graham, unpublished) and cricket (Weber, Thorson & Huber, 1981). The velocity variations are complex at slow speeds but in the tripod step pattern, used at the highest s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Biology
سال: 1983
ISSN: 1477-9145,0022-0949
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.104.1.129