Why orb-weaving spiders use leg crouching behavior in vibration sensing of prey on a web: A physical mechanism from robophysical modeling.

Eugene H Lin, Yishun Zhou, Hsin-Yi Hung, Luke Moon, Andrew Gordus, Chen Li

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Eugene H LinDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

Yishun ZhouDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

Hsin-Yi HungSolomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

Luke MoonDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

Andrew GordusSolomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 21205, USA.

Chen LiDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.

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The Influence of Neuronal Variability on Perception and BehaviorR35GM124883 · NIGMS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Andrew George Gordus · 2017 to 2026

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Abstract

One of the key functions of organisms is to sense their physical environment so that they can react upon the sensed information appropriately. All spiders can perceive their environment through vibration sensors in their legs, and most spiders rely on substrate-born vibration sensing to detect prey. Orb-weaving spiders primarily sense leg vibrations to detect and locate prey caught on their wheel-shaped webs. Biological experiments and computational modeling elucidated the physics of how these spiders use long-timescale web-building behaviors, which occur

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