Animals moving on and in fluids and solids move their bodies in diverse ways to generate
propulsion and lift forces. In fluids, animals can wiggle, stroke, paddle or slap, whereas on …

Sidewinding is a form of locomotion executed by certain snakes and has been reconstructed
in limbless robots; the gait is beneficial because it is effective in diverse terrestrial …

Although typically possessing four limbs and short bodies, lizards have evolved diverse
morphologies, including elongate trunks with tiny limbs. Such forms are hypothesized to aid …

Limbless locomotors, from microscopic worms to macroscopic snakes, traverse complex,
heterogeneous natural environments typically using undulatory body wave propagation. …

This study probes the underlying locomotion principles of earliest organisms that could both
swim and walk. We hypothesize that properly coordinated leg and body movements could …

Contact planning is crucial to the locomotion per-formance of limbless robots. Typically, the
pattern by which contact is made and broken between the mechanism and its environment …

Contact planning is crucial to the locomotion performance of robots: to properly self-propel
forward, it is not only important to determine the sequence of internal shape changes (eg, …

Whereas the transport of matter by wheeled vehicles or legged robots can be guaranteed in
engineered landscapes such as roads or rails, locomotion prediction in complex …

Many animals generate propulsive forces by coordinating legs, which contact and push
against the surroundings, with bending of the body, which can only indirectly influence these …

Locomotion is typically studied either in continuous media where bodies and legs experience
forces generated by the flowing medium or on solid substrates dominated by friction. In the …