Meeting Abstract 34-4 Thursday, Jan. 5 14:15 – 14:30 Animal Personality Explains Among-Individual Variation in Antipredator Strategies GOODCHILD, CG*; SCHMIDT, LM; DURANT, SE; Oklahoma State University christopher.goodchild@okstate.edu The animal personality hypothesis postulates that animals have limited behavioral plasticity, and consequently, an individual’s behavioral traits will be consistently expressed across different ecological contexts (e.g., predation regimes). Since there […]
sessions: Session 34
Redundancy and Consistency of Muscle Encoding Strategies in Hawk Moth Flight
Meeting Abstract 34-8 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:00 – 15:15 Redundancy and Consistency of Muscle Encoding Strategies in Hawk Moth Flight PUTNEY, J*; BARKER, R; SPONBERG, S; Georgia Institute of Technology; Emory University; Georgia Institute of Technology jputney3@gatech.edu Animals utilize neural control distributed across many muscles when tracking or navigating through natural environments. A growing body of evidence […]
Phototaxing Supersmarticle a Locomoting Robot Made of Robots
Meeting Abstract 34-2 Thursday, Jan. 4 13:45 – 14:00 Phototaxing Supersmarticle: a Locomoting Robot Made of Robots SAVOIE, WC*; LI, S; WARKENTIN, RJ; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech wsavoie@gatech.edu Metazoans are composed of hierarchically organized living systems (cells). These populations form subunits (tissues and organs) which work together to accomplish tasks which […]
Just How Centralized is Cockroach Locomotor Control Comparisons to Robotic and Computational Models
Meeting Abstract 34-6 Thursday, Jan. 4 14:30 – 14:45 Just How Centralized is Cockroach Locomotor Control? Comparisons to Robotic and Computational Models. NEVELN, ID*; TIRUMALAI, A; SPONBERG, S; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology; Georgia Institute of Technology ineveln2@gmail.com High level tasks in biology, e.g. locomotion, are often achieved with distributed control of coupled subcomponents, […]
Insights into the Control Setup underlying the Resilient Decentralized Locomotion of Brittle Stars
Meeting Abstract 34-7 Thursday, Jan. 4 14:45 – 15:00 Insights into the Control Setup underlying the Resilient Decentralized Locomotion of Brittle Stars CLARK, EG*; KANAUCHI, D; KANO, T; AONUMA, H; ISHIGURO, A; Yale Universiity; Tohoku University; Tohoku University; Hokkaido University; Tohoku University elizabeth.g.clark@yale.edu Brittle stars (Class Ophiuroidea, Phylum Echinodermata) have evolved a unique form of rapid, omnidirectional […]
Dissecting Fly Haltere Function during Flight and Walking
Meeting Abstract 34-1 Thursday, Jan. 4 13:30 – 13:45 Dissecting Fly Haltere Function during Flight and Walking BAI, B*; FOX, J; Hathaway Brown School; Case Western Reserve University bbai18@hb.edu Insect nervous systems are capable of processing complex sensory information at remarkable speeds. Flies collect this information in part from halteres, a set of mechanosensory organs, which are […]
Collisional diffraction illuminates the neuromechanical control of snake sand-slithering
Meeting Abstract 34-4 Thursday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30 Collisional diffraction illuminates the neuromechanical control of snake sand-slithering SCHIEBEL, PS*; RIESER, JM; HUBBARD, AM; CHEN, L; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Institute of Technology perrin.schiebel@gatech.edu http://crablab.gatech.edu Snakes can coordinate the interaction of their flexible trunks with environmental heterogeneities to generate propulsion. The complicated relationship between shape and terrain in […]
A wasp-inspired collapsible wing hinge dampens collision-induced body torques in a microrobot
Meeting Abstract 34-3 Thursday, Jan. 4 14:00 – 14:15 A wasp-inspired collapsible wing hinge dampens collision-induced body torques in a microrobot MOUNTCASTLE, AM*; PAI, SN; HELBLING, EF; WOOD, RJ; Bates College; Bates College; Harvard University; Harvard University amountca@bates.edu Insect pollinators frequently experience inadvertent wing collisions with vegetation during foraging flights, which can cause cumulative and irreversible wing […]
A novel terrain treadmill to study animal locomotion in complex 3-D terrains
Meeting Abstract 34-9 Thursday, Jan. 4 15:15 – 15:30 A novel terrain treadmill to study animal locomotion in complex 3-D terrains STREBEL, B*; HAN, Y; LI, C; Johns Hopkins University blakestrebel2018@u.northwestern.edu A major challenge to understanding terrestrial locomotion in complex natural terrain is the lack of tools to perform controlled, systematic experiments in the laboratory. Recent progress […]
Using Perturbations to Study Locomotor Stability in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)
Meeting Abstract 34-4 Friday, Jan. 4 14:15 – 14:30 Using Perturbations to Study Locomotor Stability in the Bluegill Sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus) FATH, M A*; TYTELL, E D; Tufts University michael.fath@tufts.edu Fishes regularly encounter unsteady and turbulent flows. These flows can perturb steady swimming and require the fish to make corrections in order to return to an unperturbed, […]
