A control model for zygodactyl bird's foot
Optimization and Control
2014-04-09 v1
Abstract
In this paper we are interested to the zygodactyly phenomenon in birds, and in particolar in parrots. This arrangement, common in species living on trees, is a distribution of the foot with two toes facing forward and two back. We give a model for the foot, and thanks to the methods of iterated function system we are able to describe the reachability set. Moreover we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the grasping problem. Finally we introduce a hybrid dynamical system modeling owl's foot in various stages of hunting (flying, attack, grasp).
Cite
@article{arxiv.1404.2072,
title = {A control model for zygodactyl bird's foot},
author = {Anna Chiara Lai and Paola Loreti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2072},
year = {2014}
}