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Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart
Locusts are a kind of agile insects that can move and maneuver so efficiently in the unstructured terrain and complex environment. This marvel survivability of locusts benefits from their flying-jumping multi-modal locomotion. But until recently, the main influences of the locomotion performance are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31708764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2019.00087 |
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author | Wei, Dunwen Gao, Tao Li, Zhaoxin Mo, Xiaojuan Zheng, Shuqin Zhou, Cong |
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description | Locusts are a kind of agile insects that can move and maneuver so efficiently in the unstructured terrain and complex environment. This marvel survivability of locusts benefits from their flying-jumping multi-modal locomotion. But until recently, the main influences of the locomotion performance are still a controversial and unknown issue. In this paper, the idea of hybrid inspired method that combines biologically inspired robot with robot inspired biology was proposed to explore the principle of flying-jumping locomotion of locusts. Firstly, we analyzed the influence of leg burrs and flapping wings on the jumping performance by the biological experiments. Nevertheless, individual heterogeneity and uncontrollability of locusts result in the unconvincing results of biological experiments. Therefore, according to the thought of robotics-inspired biology, we proposed and built a locust-inspired robot with flying-jumping locomotion via the principle of metamorphic mechanism based on the biological-inspired robot. Lastly, the preliminary robotic experiments were carried out to validate our thought that the flapping wings and leg burrs of locust have a great influence on the jumping performance. This robotics-inspired biology method remedied the shortcomings of biological experiments through the consistency and controllability of the robot experiments. Meanwhile, through the hybrid inspired research, the results show both the leg burrs and flapping wings can help the locust jump longer and improve the stability by adjusting the landing attitude to some extent, while the biological experiments dedicate that the locust with leg burrs and wings have the self-stability ability. |
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spelling | pubmed-68195162019-11-08 Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart Wei, Dunwen Gao, Tao Li, Zhaoxin Mo, Xiaojuan Zheng, Shuqin Zhou, Cong Front Neurorobot Neuroscience Locusts are a kind of agile insects that can move and maneuver so efficiently in the unstructured terrain and complex environment. This marvel survivability of locusts benefits from their flying-jumping multi-modal locomotion. But until recently, the main influences of the locomotion performance are still a controversial and unknown issue. In this paper, the idea of hybrid inspired method that combines biologically inspired robot with robot inspired biology was proposed to explore the principle of flying-jumping locomotion of locusts. Firstly, we analyzed the influence of leg burrs and flapping wings on the jumping performance by the biological experiments. Nevertheless, individual heterogeneity and uncontrollability of locusts result in the unconvincing results of biological experiments. Therefore, according to the thought of robotics-inspired biology, we proposed and built a locust-inspired robot with flying-jumping locomotion via the principle of metamorphic mechanism based on the biological-inspired robot. Lastly, the preliminary robotic experiments were carried out to validate our thought that the flapping wings and leg burrs of locust have a great influence on the jumping performance. This robotics-inspired biology method remedied the shortcomings of biological experiments through the consistency and controllability of the robot experiments. Meanwhile, through the hybrid inspired research, the results show both the leg burrs and flapping wings can help the locust jump longer and improve the stability by adjusting the landing attitude to some extent, while the biological experiments dedicate that the locust with leg burrs and wings have the self-stability ability. Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-10-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6819516/ /pubmed/31708764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2019.00087 Text en Copyright © 2019 Wei, Gao, Li, Mo, Zheng and Zhou. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Wei, Dunwen Gao, Tao Li, Zhaoxin Mo, Xiaojuan Zheng, Shuqin Zhou, Cong Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title | Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title_full | Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title_fullStr | Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title_full_unstemmed | Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title_short | Hybrid Inspired Research on the Flying-Jumping Locomotion of Locusts Using Robot Counterpart |
title_sort | hybrid inspired research on the flying-jumping locomotion of locusts using robot counterpart |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6819516/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31708764 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnbot.2019.00087 |
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