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.... 26 , 617 - 656 . 10.1016/j.humov.2007.04.003 Li , C. , Pullin , A. O. , Haldane , D. W. , Lam , H. K. , Fearing , R. S. and Full , R. J. ( 2015 ). Terradynamically streamlined shapes in animals and robots enhance traversability through densely cluttered terrain...

...-D reconstruction of the continuous body of limbless animals achieves higher accuracy than the widely used B-spline method and is useful for quantifying body–environment interactions. Locomotion Complex terrain Terradynamics Interpolation Cosserat rod theory Backbone optimization...

... into sections, each using distinct movement patterns, to get over large step-like obstacles. Such body partitioning may be generally useful for diverse, complex 3-D terrain. Lampropeltis mexicana Locomotion Obstacle traversal Complex terrain Terradynamics Snakes are exceptionally versatile...