| Sidewinding with minimal slip: Snake and robot ascent of sandy slopes H Marvi, C Gong, N Gravish, H Astley, M Travers, RL Hatton, ... Science 346 (6206), 224-229, 2014 | 301 | 2014 |
| Evidence for a vertebrate catapult: elastic energy storage in the plantaris tendon during frog jumping HC Astley, TJ Roberts Biology Letters 8 (3), 386-389, 2012 | 183 | 2012 |
| Modulation of orthogonal body waves enables high maneuverability in sidewinding locomotion HC Astley, C Gong, J Dai, M Travers, MM Serrano, PA Vela, H Choset, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of …, 2015 | 110 | 2015 |
| The mechanics of elastic loading and recoil in anuran jumping HC Astley, TJ Roberts Journal of Experimental Biology 217 (24), 4372-4378, 2014 | 110 | 2014 |
| Tail use improves performance on soft substrates in models of early vertebrate land locomotors B McInroe, HC Astley, C Gong, SM Kawano, PE Schiebel, JM Rieser, ... Science 353 (6295), 154-158, 2016 | 104 | 2016 |
| Effects of perch diameter and incline on the kinematics, performance and modes of arboreal locomotion of corn snakes (Elaphe guttata) HC Astley, BC Jayne Journal of Experimental Biology 210 (21), 3862-3872, 2007 | 79 | 2007 |
| Kinematic gait synthesis for snake robots C Gong, MJ Travers, HC Astley, L Li, JR Mendelson, DI Goldman, ... The International Journal of Robotics Research 35 (1-3), 100-113, 2016 | 70 | 2016 |
| Chasing maximal performance: a cautionary tale from the celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County HC Astley, EM Abbott, E Azizi, RL Marsh, TJ Roberts Journal of Experimental Biology 216 (21), 3947-3953, 2013 | 56 | 2013 |
| Surprising simplicities and syntheses in limbless self-propulsion in sand HC Astley, JR Mendelson III, J Dai, C Gong, B Chong, JM Rieser, ... Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (5), jeb103564, 2020 | 53 | 2020 |
| Getting around when you’re round: quantitative analysis of the locomotion of the blunt-spined brittle star, Ophiocoma echinata HC Astley Journal of Experimental Biology 215 (11), 1923-1929, 2012 | 52 | 2012 |
| Fluoromicrometry: a method for measuring muscle length dynamics with biplanar videofluoroscopy AL Camp, HC Astley, AM Horner, TJ Roberts, EL Brainerd Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology …, 2016 | 50 | 2016 |
| Mitigating memory effects during undulatory locomotion on hysteretic materials PE Schiebel, HC Astley, JM Rieser, S Agarwal, C Hubicki, AM Hubbard, ... Elife 9, e51412, 2020 | 41 | 2020 |
| The diversity and evolution of locomotor muscle properties in anurans HC Astley Journal of Experimental Biology 219 (19), 3163-3173, 2016 | 40 | 2016 |
| Robust jumping performance and elastic energy recovery from compliant perches in tree frogs HC Astley, A Haruta, TJ Roberts Journal of Experimental Biology 218 (21), 3360-3363, 2015 | 40 | 2015 |
| Arboreal habitat structure affects the performance and modes of locomotion of corn snakes (Elaphe guttata) HC Astley, BC Jayne Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology …, 2009 | 37 | 2009 |
| Geometric phase and dimensionality reduction in locomoting living systems JM Rieser, C Gong, HC Astley, PE Schiebel, RL Hatton, H Choset, ... arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.11374, 2019 | 24 | 2019 |
| External power amplification drives prey capture in a spider web SI Han, HC Astley, DD Maksuta, TA Blackledge Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (24), 12060-12065, 2019 | 23 | 2019 |
| Experimental modification of morphology reveals the effects of the zygosphene–zygantrum joint on the range of motion of snake vertebrae DJ Jurestovsky, BC Jayne, HC Astley Journal of Experimental Biology 223 (7), jeb216531, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Morphological and kinematic specializations of walking frogs CM Reynaga, HC Astley, E Azizi Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative …, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Side-impact collision: mechanics of obstacle negotiation in sidewinding snakes HC Astley, JM Rieser, A Kaba, VM Paez, I Tomkinson, JR Mendelson, ... Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 15 (6), 065005, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |