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Muscle-controlled physics simulations of bird locomotion resolve the grounded running paradox.
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- How muscle ageing affects rapid goal-directed movement: mechanistic insights from a simple model.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- New perspectives on head and neck allometry and ecomorphology in tetrapods.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Speed from fossil trackways: calculations not validated by extant birds on compliant substrates.Biology letters · 2025Article
- Exploring the accuracy of palaeobiological modelling procedures in forward-dynamics simulations of maximum-effort vertical jumping.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Study on the characteristics of head and neck movements of geese walking in a straight line at different speeds.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Muscle-Driven Predictive Physics Simulations of Quadrupedal Locomotion in the Horse.Integrative and comparative biology · 2024Article
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Abstract
Humans and birds use very different running styles. Unlike humans, birds adopt "grounded running" at intermediate speeds-a running gait where at least one foot always maintains ground contact. Avian grounded running is a paradox: Animals usually minimize locomotor energy expenditure, but birds prefer grounded running despite incurring higher energy costs. Using predictive gait simulations of the emu (
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