locomotion

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The LIS researchers teamed up with Auke Ijspeert of EPFL's BioRobotics Lab, and with Monica Daley's Neuromechanics Lab at University of California, Irvine, to adapt bird biomechanics to robotic locomotion.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2024

She suspects vaults have a role in cell locomotion, perhaps by regulating expression of other proteins that form extensions that help cells get around.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 6, 2024

Traditionally, patterns were generated by externally attaching oscillators to robots, enabling locomotion and repetitive motions.

From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2024

In this crawl, called rectilinear locomotion, “the skeleton is basically sliding inside of the skin,” says Jayne.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2024

For a second, I was paralyzed and then I found my powers of locomotion and ran from the room—parlor manners be damned—to join him.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly