Using Pose Estimation and 3D Rendered Models to Study Leg-Mediated Self-righting by Lanternflies.

ABSTRACT: The ability to upright quickly and efficiently when overturned on the ground (terrestrial self-righting) is crucial for living organisms and robots. Previous studies have mapped the diverse behaviors used by various animals to self-right on different substrates, and proposed physical models to explain how body morphology can favor specific self-righting methods. However, to our knowledge, no studies have quantified and modeled all of an animal's limb motions during these complicated behaviors. Here, we studied terrestrial self-righting by immature invasive spotted lanternflies (Lycorma delicatula), an insect species that must frequently recover from being overturned after jumping and falling in its native habitat. These nymphs self-righted successfully in 92-100% of trials on three substra

SUBMITTER: Bien T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11428466 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature