It has long been suspected that the denticles on shark skin reduce hydrodynamic drag
during locomotion, and a number of man-made materials have been produced that purport …

Inspired by the relatively simple morphology of Anura such as Rana Esculenta (a semi
aquatic frog), we propose the design, fabrication, characterization of a soft biomimetic …

Organisms inhabiting a specific environment often have distinct morphology, but the factors
that affect this fit are unclear when multiple morphological traits affect performance in …

Robots are increasingly used as scientific tools to investigate animal locomotion. However,
designing a robot that properly emulates the kinematic and dynamic properties of an animal …

Frogs are capable of multiple locomotion modes including jum** and swimming, which
enables them to adapt to various environmental conditions. This paper demonstrates a frog …

Wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) is a form of locomotion in which a bird flaps its wings
to aid its hindlimbs in climbing a slope. WAIR is used for escape in ground birds, and the …

The fluid dynamic analysis of animal wakes is becoming increasingly popular in studies of
animal swimming and flying, due in part to the development of quantitative flow visualization …

Countless aquatic animals rotate appendages through the water, yet fluid forces are typically
modeled with translational motion. To elucidate the hydrodynamics of rotation, we analyzed …

This study aimed to compare the swimming kinematics and hydrodynamics within and
among aquatic and semi-aquatic/terrestrial frogs. High-speed video was used to obtain …

SUMMARY The American lobster (Homarus americanus) displays a diverse set of
locomotory behaviours that includes tail flips, walking and paddling. Paddling is carried out …