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Hu, David L.
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Animal mechanics.
Robots -- Design and construction.
Robotics.
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Hu, David L.
Animal mechanics.
Robots -- Design and construction.
Robotics.
MARC Display
How
to
walk
on
water
and
climb
up
walls
:
animal
movement
and the
robots
of the
future
/ David L. Hu.
by
Hu, David L.
Princeton University Press, 2018.
Call #:
573.79 H874h
Subjects
Animal
mechanics.
Robots
-- Design and construction.
Robotics.
ISBN:
9780691169866 (hc.)
Description:
228 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : col. ill.; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
Summary:
"Insects
walk
on
water
, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility:
how
do they do it, and what can we learn from them? In
How
to
Walk
on
Water
and
Climb
up
Walls
, David Hu takes readers on an accessible, wondrous journey into the world of
animal
motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, Hu shows
how
animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about
animal
mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent
robots
and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Hu follows scientists as they investigate a multitude of
animal
movements, from the undulations of sandfish and the way that dogs shake off
water
in fractions of a second to the seemingly crash-resistant characteristics of insect flight. Not limiting his exploration to individual organisms, Hu describes the ways animals enact swarm intelligence, such as when army ants cooperate and link their bodies to create bridges that span ravines. He also looks at what scientists learn from nature's unexpected feats--such as snakes that fly, mosquitoes that survive rainstorms, and dead fish that swim upstream. As researchers better understand such issues as energy, flexibility, and
water
repellency in
animal
movement
, they are applying this knowledge to the development of cutting-edge technology."--From publisher.
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