The reasons for the discordance between studies are not clear as many of the tests applied (locomotion, agility and balance) were quite similar.
These mechanisms also attract the engineers who want to apply pigeon locomotion to the design of flying robots.
Their locomotion, involving arching of much of the central portion of their body length, has not been studied as extensively as the peristaltic locomotion of worms or the crawling locomotion of many other caterpillars.
Jesus warns against desire as the locomotion of acquisitiveness.
In this case, robots should apply other locomotion.
Beyond insect locomotion our approach may well be applied to other areas of quantitative behavioural analysis, as, for example, for characterising the influence of genetic modifications [3], [4] or of drug treatment on behaviour [9], [16].
Substrate stiffness is emerging as an effective tool for the regulation of cell behaviours such as locomotion, proliferation and differentiation.
The phase-reduction method has been applied to a number of important biological systems, including the study of travelling waves in chains of weakly coupled oscillators that model processes such as the generation and control of rhythmic activity in central pattern generators (CPGs) underlying locomotion [233, 234] and peristalsis in vascular and intestinal smooth muscle [213].
It's hard to predict exactly how a complicated system such as locomotion will respond, even to relatively simple changes in centre of mass position.
Both site and phase dependence were observed in the kinetic responses, expressed as changes in force production at the foot sole, and offer additional evidence that non-noxious cutaneous perturbations applied to the bottom of the foot provide important tactile sensations for balance and maintenance of locomotion through the modulation of limb loading and foot placement [ 4, 7, 10].
