Yi Song, Rui Zhou, Ye Qiu, Jian Chen, Zhendong Dai, Huaping Wu, Stanislav N Gorb
Secure landing is indispensable for both leaping animals and robotics. Tree frogs, renowned for their adhesive capabilities, can effectively jump across intricate 3D terrain and land safely. Compared to jumping, the mechanisms underlying their landing technique, particularly in arboreal environments, have remained largely unknown. In this study, we focused on the landing patterns of the tree frogs Polypedates Dennysi on horizontally placed perches, explicitly emphasizing the impact of perch diameters. Tree frogs demonstrated diverse landing postures, including the utilization of (1) single front foot, (2) double front feet, (3) anterior bellies, (4) middle bellies, (5) posterior bellies, (6) single hind foot, or (5) double hind feet...
May 10, 2024: Journal of Experimental Biology