Diversity of Terrestrial Locomotor Design: Mechanics and Energetics

陆地运动设计的多样性：力学和能量学

• 批准号: 8904586
• 负责人: Robert Full
• 金额: $ 19.67万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-07-01 至 1992-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8904586&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Diversity; Terrestrial; Locomotor; Design; Mechanics

This proposal examines how legged animals move on land. By studying the energetics and mechanics of a diverse group of animals, the findings will: 1) provide the general "rules" that animals follow for terrestrial locomotion; 2) aid in delineating the various ways in which muscles have been engineered; 3) lead to new questions in the integrated control of locomotion based on whole animal mechanics; 4) supply much needed data for ecological models focusing on the genetics and developmental aspects of locomotion; and 6) help reconstruct the origins of legged terrestrial locomotion. The applied benefits of the research include: 1) new designs for micro-machines and robots; 2) improvements on the design of vehicular legged-walking machines; and 3) generation of useful metabolic data for environmental impact studies and pest management.

这个建议研究了有腿动物是如何在陆地上移动的。 通过研究 各种动物的能量学和力学， 研究结果将：1）提供动物遵循的一般“规则”， （2）帮助描绘各种方式， 肌肉已经被工程化; 3）导致新的问题， 基于整体动物力学的运动综合控制; 4） 为生态学模型提供了非常需要的数据， 和运动的发展方面;和6）帮助重建 有腿陆地运动的起源。 研究的应用效益包括：1）新的设计， 微型机械和机器人; 2）车辆设计的改进 腿行走机器;和3）生成有用的代谢数据， 环境影响研究和虫害管理。