Session 3

It’s Not the Fall That Kills You, It’s the LANDING

Day: Saturday, Jan. 4, 08:00-09:45
Room: Lone Star C

Organizer(s): Nicholas Smith, John Whitehead

Session Author(s) Title

3		 BROWN, CE*; DEBAN, SM; DUDLEY, R; SATHE, EA Directed Aerial Descent in Arboreal Salamanders

3		 DUMAN, A*; AZIZI, E Olympians of Controlled Deceleration: Cane Toads Stick the Landing Across Surface Stiffness

3		 KHANDELWAL, P C*; HEDRICK, T L Gliding through clutter – obstacle-avoidance and path-planning in the flying lizard Draco dussumieri

3		 SMITH, NM*; DICKERSON, AK Mosquitoes use multiple bounces to engage landing zones

3		 KLEINHEERENBRINK, M*; FRANCE, L A; TAYLOR, G K Modelling the flight envelope for transition to an unpowered perching manoeuvre.

3		 WHITEHEAD, JG*; WORRELL, TA; SOCHA, JJ Influence of approach trajectory on water landings in mallards

3		 TUCKER, E L*; HSIEH, S T Leg Length, Not Stiffness, Allows Bipedal Lizards To Navigate Drops
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