Bridging Walking and Slithering – Stokesian Locomotion

04/12/2022
by   Shai Revzen, et al.
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Both legged locomotion and slithering motions typically utilize periodic gaits – repeating cycles of body shape change that produce a net motion through the world. Legged locomotion can be viewed from the perspective of piece-wise contact constraint formation and removal. Slithering and low Reynolds number swimming operate under continuous constraints of force balance, wherein dissipation removes the ability to accumulate momentum. Here we discuss how to bridge the gap between these domains of motion, thereby, among other benefits, producing models for the space of legged locomotion with slipping. The connective fabric is the use of a "Stokesian", or "local connection" model.

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