Mechanics of Walking in Arthropods

该项目启动了建立一个通用理论的过程， 两条腿以上的行走系统的力学。 节肢动物 被用作测试模型。 该项目分三个阶段。 第一 包括对博物馆标本的调查， 节肢动物多样性，以确定潜在腿的基本参数 运动 阶段2使用摄影来确定 第三阶段是计算机模拟腿部和身体 使用在阶段1和2中确定的参数进行运动。

This project intiates the process of establishing a general theory of the mechanics of walking systems with more than two legs. Arthropods are used as test models. The project has three phases. The first comprises an investigation of museum specimens representing the diversity of arthropods to determine basic parameters of potential leg movement. Phase 2 use photography to determine actual leg motion of living arthropods, and phase 3 is a computer simulation of leg and body motion using the parameters determined in phases 1 and 2.