The accurate identification of multiple biomarkers involved in disease plays a vital role in
effectively distinguishing cancer cells from normal cells, facilitating reliable cancer …

Understanding why deep neural networks and machine learning algorithms act as they do is
a difficult endeavor. Neuroscientists are faced with similar problems. One way biologists …

Panarthropods (a clade containing arthropods, tardigrades and onychophorans) can adeptly
move across a wide range of challenging terrains and their ability to do so given their …

Locomotion is typically studied either in continuous media where bodies and legs
experience forces generated by the flowing medium or on solid substrates dominated by …

Soil invertebrates are a major element of soil biodiversity, which play critical roles in soil
ecosystems. However, the impacts of urban landscapes on the genetic diversity and gene …

A detailed model for the locomotory mechanics used by millipedes is provided here through
systematic experimentation on the animal and validation of observations through a …

Serially connected robots are promising candidates for performing tasks in confined spaces
such as search and rescue in large-scale disasters. Such robots are typically limbless, and …

Embodiment is a crucial concept for the autonomy and adaptivity of systems working in the
physical world with high degrees of uncertainty and complexity. The physical bodies of …

Walking animals such as invertebrates can effectively perform self-organized and robust
locomotion. They can also quickly adapt their gait to deal with injury or damage. Such a …

Centipedes coordinate body and limb flexion to generate propulsion. On flat, solid surfaces,
the limb-stepping patterns can be characterized according to the direction in which limb …