An Estimation Method for Environmental Friction Based on Body Dynamic Model of Caenorhabditis elegans

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10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.1.8How to use a DOI?

Keywords

<i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i>, frictional force, dynamics model, video analysis, locomotion

Abstract

Caenorhabditis elegans is a small worm which is approximately 1 mm in length. The present study proposes an estimation method for frictional force using locomotion information obtained from video analysis of actual worms. The results indicate that the body model driven by the estimated frictional force can trace the locomotion of the worm within a low error level of 4% of the body length. The proposed method can be applied to analyze the relationship between friction and gait control.

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© 2013, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zu Soh
AU  - Michiyo Suzuki
AU  - Toshio Tsuji
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/06/01
TI  - An Estimation Method for Environmental Friction Based on Body Dynamic Model of Caenorhabditis elegans
JO  - Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life
SP  - 32
EP  - 40
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
SN  - 2352-6386
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.1.8
DO  - 10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.1.8
ID  - Soh2017
ER  -