.../10.13039/100000183 W911NF-15-1-0358 Army Research Laboratory http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100006754 LaMSA Elastic recoil Jumping Muscle Temperature Summary: Thermal robustness, achieved through the use of elastic mechanisms, depends on the relative contribution of spring...

... mechanisms. © 2023. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2023 This study establishes the development and kinematics of the bigclaw snapping shrimp ( A. heterochaelis ) snapping claw and LaMSA mechanism. Juvenile A. heterochaelis strikes are the highest reported accelerations for underwater...

... shifts in muscle-spring tuning in systems using latch-mediated spring actuation (LaMSA). We hypothesized that variation in jumping performance would result from increased force capacity in muscles and relatively stiffer elastic structures, resulting in greater energy storage. To test this, we...

... with experiments and comments on the manuscript, and G. Ribak, A. Liberzon and A. Ayali for valuable discussions on the project. We conjecture that our results are general within power-amplified Syngnathiformes, despite the fact that seahorses uniquely possess a dual LaMSA system, consisting of two elastic...

...’ that provides energy into the latch/spring (LaMSA) trap-jaw mechanism. Contraction of this muscle in the latched-open chelicerae of Zearchaea pitches the chelicerae back, thereby stretching the clypeal ligaments and storing energy into the ‘spring’ for the ultra-fast strike ( Fig. 4 G). I hypothesize...

... and release of elastic energy from the spring is only now being elucidated. Here, we critically examine the metrics and concepts of power amplification and encourage a framework centered on latch-mediated spring actuation (LaMSA). We emphasize approaches and metrics of LaMSA systems that will forge a pathway...