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Accession Number:
AD1058428
Title:
Morphology and the Gradient of a Symmetric Potential Predict Gait Transitions of Dogs
Corporate Author:
Structure and Motion Lab, Royal Veterinary College Herts United Kingdom
Report Date:
2017-06-19
Abstract:
Gaits and gait transitions play a central role in the movement of animals. Symmetry is thought to govern the structure of the nervous system, and constrain the limb motions of quadrupeds. We quantify the symmetry of dog gaits with respect to combinations of bilateral, fore-aft, and spatio-temporal symmetry groups. We tested the ability of symmetries to model motion capture data of dogs walking, trotting and transitioning between those gaits. Fully symmetric models performed comparably to asymmetric with only a 22 increase in the residual sum of squares and only one-quarter of the parameters. This required adding as patio-temporal shift representing a lag between fore and hind limbs. Without this shift, the symmetric model residual sum of squares was 1700 larger. This shift is related to linear regression, n 5, p 0.0328 dog morphology. That this symmetry is respected throughout the gaits and transitions indicates that it generalizes outside a single gait. We propose that relative phasing of limb motions can be described by an interaction potential with a symmetric structure. This approach can be extended to the study of interaction of neurodynamic and kinematic variables, providing a system-level model that couples neuronal central pattern generator networks and mechanical models.
Descriptive Note:
Journal Article - Open Access
Supplementary Note:
Biological Cybernetics , 111, 01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001,
Pages:
0009
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
0.75MB
