Mechanics of Walking in Arthropods

该项目启动了建立两条以上腿行走系统力学的一般理论的过程。节肢动物作为试验模型。该项目分为三个阶段。第一项包括对代表节肢动物多样性的博物馆标本进行调查，以确定潜在腿部运动的基本参数。第二阶段使用摄影来确定活体节肢动物的实际腿部运动，第三阶段是使用第一阶段和第二阶段确定的参数对腿部和身体运动进行计算机模拟。

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.