Cheetahs are the fastest land animal. Their galloping shows three characteristics: small
vertical movement of their center of mass, small whole-body pitching movement, and large …

Cheetahs use a galloping gait in their fastest speed range. It has been reported that
cheetahs achieve high-speed galloping by performing two types of flight through spine …

Felines use their spinal column to increase their running speed at rapid locomotion
performance. However, its motion profile behavior during fast gait locomotion has little …

The cheetah and racing greyhound are of a similar size and gross morphology and yet the
cheetah is able to achieve a far higher top speed. We compared the kinematics and kinetics …

Studying the motion of cheetahs–especially in the wild–is a technically challenging
endeavour that pushes the limits of field biomechanics methodology. Consequently, it …

Galloping, as the fastest gait of quadruped animals, is divided into two types based on the
footfall pattern, ie, rotary gallop and transverse gallop [1]. In rotary gallop, the feet touch the …

One way to create a quadruped galloping robot from scratch is to design a brick-shaped
body and utilize relatively simple open-chain leg mechanisms controlled with relatively …

Among quadrupedal gaits, the galloping gait has specific characteristics in terms of
locomotor behavior. In particular, it shows a left–right asymmetry in gait parameters such as …

In quadruped animals, spinal movements contribute to locomotion in terms of controlling
body posture and integrating limb and trunk actions. In this paper, we develop quadruped …

Scientists have historically categorized gaits discretely (eg regular gaits such as walking,
running). However, previous results suggest that animals such as birds might mix or …