Rapid Inversion

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Jean-Michel Mongeau. Biophysics Graduate Group, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA. Phone ++1 510 643 5183; e-mail: jmmongeau@berkeley.edu

Brian McRae. Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1762, USA. Phone ++1 510 643 5183; e-mail: brianmcrae@berkeley.edu

Ardian Jusufi. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720-3140. Phone ++1 510 643 5183; e-mail: ardianj@berkeley.edu

Paul Birkmeyer. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1770, USA. Phone ++1 510 642-9193 ; email: paulb@eecs.berkeley.edu

Aaron M. Hoover. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1740, USA. Current address: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Needham, MA
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Ronald Fearing. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-1770, USA. Phone ++1 510 642-9193 ; e-mail: ronf@EECS.berkeley.edu

Robert Full. Department of Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley, CA 94720-3140. Phone ++1 510 642 9896 (office) or ++510-332-7484 (mobile) e-mail: rjfull@berkeley.edu

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Supplementary Movie 1 Full_Video_s1
A top view of a cockroach, P. americana, performing a high-speed inversion while running up a ramp. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X.

Supplementary Movie 2 Full_Video_s2
Side view of a cockroach, P. americana, performing a high-speed inversion while running up a ramp. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X. The last sequence is slowed 50X.

Supplementary Movie 3 Full_Video_s3
Side view of a cockroach P. americana attempting to perform an inversion after claw ablation, but failing. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X. The last sequence is slowed 50X.

Supplementary Movie 4 Full_Video_s4
Side view of a house gecko, H. platyurus, performing a high-speed inversion while running up a ramp. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X.

Supplementary Movie 5 Full_Video_s5
A wild-caught gecko, H. platyurus, performs a high-speed inversion while running on a leaf in the rainforest of Singapore. Left panel shows bottom view and right panel show top view. The first sequences are real time. The second sequences are slowed 10X.

Supplementary Movie 6 Full_Video_s6
Robot (DASH; Dynamic Autonomous Sprawled Hexapod Robot) running at high-speed performing rapid inversion while running near a ledge. The first sequences are real time. The second sequence is slowed 12X.

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American cockroach under ledge. Photo Credit Jean-Michel Mongeau and Pauline Jennings. Courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley.
Gecko, American cockroach and robot under ledge. Composite photo and not to scale. Photo Credit Jean-Michel Mongeau, Ardian Jusufi and Pauline Jennings. Courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley.

American cockroach on and robot on ledge with gecko venturing underneath. Photo Credit Jean-Michel Mongeau, Ardian Jusufi and Pauline Jennings. Courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley.

American cockroach on ledge. Photo Credit Jean-Michel Mongeau and Pauline Jennings. Courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley.

House gecko on ledge. Photo Credit Jean-Michel Mongeau, Ardian Jusufi and Pauline Jennings. Courtesy of PolyPEDAL Lab UC Berkeley.

 

 

 

 

House gecko on leaf in Wildlife Reserves of Singapore. Photo Credit A. Jusufi and C. Yeong.

Contact Information for Comments on Article

Professor Thomas L. Daniel – Comparative Biomechanics
Biology Department
University of Washington
Seattle WA 98195-1800
Phone (206) 543-1659
e-mail: danielt@u.washington.edu

Professor Ronald R. Hoy – Insect Behavior
Neurobiology and Behavior
W215 Seeley G. Mudd Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Phone – Office: (607) 254-4318
Phone – Lab: (607) 254-4317
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Senior Lecturer Walter Federle – Insect Biomechanics
Department of Zoology
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3EJ
Phone: +44 (0)1223 763435
email: wf222@cam.ac.uk

Professor Stacey Combes – Insect Biomechanics
Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
552B MCZ Concord Field Station
Harvard University
Old Causeway Road
Bedford, MA 01730
Phone: 781-275-1725
e-mail: scombes@oeb.harvard.edu

Professor Steven Vogel – Comparative Biomechanics & Popular author on Biomimicry
Department of Biology
Duke University, Box 90338 Durham, NC 27708-0338
Phone: (919) 684-3791 (or 2507); home 489-2914
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Professor Andrew A. Biewener – Comparative Biomechanics
Concord Field Station, MCZ Harvard University
Old Causeway Road Bedford, MA 01730
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Electrical& Systems Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
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