Functional diversity of snake locomotor behaviors: A review of the biological literature for bioinspiration.

Autor: Tingle JL; Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA., Garner KL; Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA., Astley HC; Department of Biology, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences [Ann N Y Acad Sci] 2024 Mar; Vol. 1533 (1), pp. 16-37. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Feb 17.
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.15109
Abstrakt: Organismal solutions to natural challenges can spark creative engineering applications. However, most engineers are not experts in organismal biology, creating a potential barrier to maximally effective bioinspired design. In this review, we aim to reduce that barrier with respect to a group of organisms that hold particular promise for a variety of applications: snakes. Representing >10% of tetrapod vertebrates, snakes inhabit nearly every imaginable terrestrial environment, moving with ease under many conditions that would thwart other animals. To do so, they employ over a dozen different types of locomotion (perhaps well over). Lacking limbs, they have evolved axial musculoskeletal features that enable their vast functional diversity, which can vary across species. Different species also have various skin features that provide numerous functional benefits, including frictional anisotropy or isotropy (as their locomotor habits demand), waterproofing, dirt shedding, antimicrobial properties, structural colors, and wear resistance. Snakes clearly have much to offer to the fields of robotics and materials science. We aim for this review to increase knowledge of snake functional diversity by facilitating access to the relevant literature.
(© 2024 The Authors. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The New York Academy of Sciences.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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