Meeting Abstract S8-3  Monday, Jan. 6 08:30 – 09:00  What Defines Different Modes of Snake Locomotion? JAYNE, BC; University of Cincinnati jaynebc@ucmail.uc.edu https://researchdirectory.uc.edu/p/jaynebc Animals move in diverse ways, as indicated in part by the wide variety of gaits and modes that have been described for vertebrate locomotion. “Gaits” and “modes of locomotion” both refer to any repeatable […]

Meeting Abstract S8-9  Monday, Jan. 6 13:30 – 14:00  Visual behavior in flying snakes: measurement and exploration with virtual reality ZAMORE, SA*; ARAUJO, N; SOCHA, JJ; University of Colorado Boulder; Virginia Tech; Virginia Tech sharri.zamore@colorado.edu http://www.curiousdrz.com Flying snakes (genus Chrysopelea) are highly visual animals that climb, jump, and glide while navigating through tropical rainforests. These arboreal behaviors […]

Meeting Abstract S8-1  Monday, Jan. 6 07:45 – 08:00  Symposium Introduction – Long Limbless Locomotors Over Land: The mechanics and biology of elongate, limbless vertebrate locomotion ASTLEY, H. C.; C, ; University of Akron hastley@uakron.edu Elongate, limbless body plans are widespread in nature and frequently converged upon (with over two dozen independent convergences in Squamates alone, and […]

Meeting Abstract S8-10  Monday, Jan. 6 14:00 – 14:30  Specialization of control strategies in terrestrial slithering snakes. SCHIEBEL, PE*; LIN, B; HUBBARD, AM; CHEN, L; BLEKHERMAN, G; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Institute of Technology perrin.schiebel@gatech.edu http://crablab.gatech.edu While traditionally viewed as obstacles to in locomotion, limbless locomotors must use heterogeneities for propulsion. We challenged snakes to traverse a model […]

Meeting Abstract S8-8  Monday, Jan. 6 11:30 – 12:00  Reaction Forces and Rib Function During Locomotion in Snakes CAPANO, JG*; BRAINERD, EL; Brown University; Brown University john_capano@brown.edu http://johngcapano.com Locomotion in tetrapods involves coordinated efforts between appendicular and axial systems, as limbs generate ground reaction forces (GRFs) that are transmitted to the axial system. In the absence of […]

Meeting Abstract S8-7  Monday, Jan. 6 11:00 – 11:30  Prevalence of Facultative Sidewinding Locomotion in Non-specialist Snake Species TINGLE, JL; University of California, Riverside jessica.tingle@email.ucr.edu Terrestrial vertebrates have repeatedly evolved elongate, limbless body plans, which require them to move using different types of locomotion than their limbed relatives do. All limbless terrestrial vertebrates can use lateral undulation, […]

Meeting Abstract S8-2  Monday, Jan. 6 08:00 – 08:30  Mechanics of Multi-articular Muscles Minimize Moments ASTLEY, H.C.; University of Akron hastley@uakron.edu https://blogs.uakron.edu/astleylab/ The geometry of the musculoskeletal system, such as moment arms and linkages, determines the link between muscular functions and external mechanical results but as the geometry becomes more complex, this link becomes less clear. The […]

Meeting Abstract S8-11  Monday, Jan. 6 14:30 – 15:00  Geometric Methods for Locomotion in Limbless and Legged Systems CHOSET, HM; Carnegie Mellon University choset@cs.cmu.edu http://biorobotics.org Geometric Methods for Locomotion in Limbless and Legged Locomotion Organisms generate patterns of periodic self-deformations, which we will refer to broadly as “gaits,” to locomote through their environments. Inspired by this, the […]

Meeting Abstract S8-5  Monday, Jan. 6 10:00 – 10:30  East Coast Travel Is An Uphill Battle: Terrestrial locomotion in American Eels WARD, AB*; REDMANN, E; ALQAHTANI, A; SHEIKH, A; MEHTA, RS; Adelphi Univ; Adelphi Univ; Adelphi Univ; Adelphi Univ; UC Santa Cruz award@adelphi.edu Extreme body elongation is often linked with the ability to move between aquatic and […]

Meeting Abstract S8-12  Monday, Jan. 6 15:00 – 15:30  Decoding Decentralized Control Mechanism Underlying Adaptive and Versatile Locomotion of Snakes KANO, T.*; ISHIGURO, A.; Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University; Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University tkano@riec.tohoku.ac.jp http://www.cmplx.riec.tohoku.ac.jp/member/Takeshi-Kano/ Snakes have lost their limbs and acquired the ability to move in various environments by using a […]