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Recent progress in the physical principles of dynamic ground self-righting

Biological Physics 2024-10-01 v3 Systems and Control Systems and Control Quantitative Methods

Abstract

Animals and robots must self-right on the ground after overturning. Biology research described various strategies and motor patterns in many species. Robotics research devised many strategies. However, we do not well understand how the physical principles of how the need to generate mechanical energy to overcome the potential energy barrier governs behavioral strategies and 3-D body rotations given the morphology. Here I review progress on this which I led studying cockroaches self-righting on level, flat, solid, low-friction ground, by integrating biology experiments, robotic modeling, and physics modeling.

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@article{arxiv.2402.16747,
  title  = {Recent progress in the physical principles of dynamic ground self-righting},
  author = {Chen Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.16747},
  year   = {2024}
}

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20 pages, 13 figures

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