#locomotion — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #locomotion, aggregated by home.social.
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📢 New post! Turning without fins: Quantifying the distinct kinematics and vortex dynamics of maneuvering swimming snakes https://blog.espci.fr/ramiro/turning-without-fins-quantifying-the-distinct-kinematics-and-vortex-dynamics-of-maneuvering-swimming-snakes/
#Research #Video #Locomotion #Snakes #Swimming #Vortexdynamics -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🕷️💨 The jungle #huntsman #spider from #Queensland reached 3.59 meters per second, doubling the previous #arachnid speed record.
Researchers at #Imperial College #London measured 162 #species across four #continents to study spider #locomotion. They found that longer legs relative to body size predict greater speed.
👉 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2532086-the-worlds-fastest-spider-tops-3-5-metres-per-second/
#biomechanics #arachnids #animals #science #biology #evolution #australia #wildlife #invertebrates #nature
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How To Walk Without A Brain
"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"
#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/
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How To Walk Without A Brain
"How do sea stars monitor and coordinate hundreds of tube feet whilst moving around — and how do they do this without a brain?"
#SeaStars #locomotion #movement #biomechanics #robotics https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2026/02/08/how-to-walk-without-a-brain/
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Latest from Kathy Nagel's lab:
"Inhibitory control explains locomotor statistics in walking Drosophila", Gattuso et al. 2025
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2407626122"we measure and analyze trajectories evoked by attractive odor in walking Drosophila and develop a biologically plausible computational model of trajectory generation and modulation by sensory input. Our model provides a link between neural architectures and locomotor behavior and highlights the potential role of inhibition in shaping the curvature and speed of trajectories. Inspired by this model, we experimentally identify single neurons and populations that modulate either curvature or speed in the manner predicted by our model."
#neuroscience #Drosophila #locomotion #CompNeurosci #SystemsNeuroscience