How to Walk on Water and Climb Up Walls: Animal Movement and the Robots of the Future

如何在水上行走和爬墙:动物运动和未来的机器人（2020 PUP经典畅销榜TOP1）

基本信息

Author：David Hu

Format：Paperback | 248 pages

Dimensions：133 x 203 x 22.86mm | 249.48g

Publication date：03 Mar 2020

Publisher：Princeton University Press

Language：English

ISBN10：0691204160

ISBN13：9780691204161

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

书籍简介

揭示动物运动的秘密，以及它们能教给我们的东西。

昆虫在水上行走，蛇在水上滑行，鱼在水上游动。动物以惊人的优雅、速度和多样性移动:它们是如何做到的?我们能从它们身上学到什么?《如何在水上行走和爬墙》将带读者进入动物运动的世界，开启一段奇妙的旅程。从麻省理工学院的地下室实验室到巴拿马的热带雨林，David Hu向我们展示了动物是如何适应和进化来穿越它们所处的环境的，并利用物理定律取得了惊人而又有独创性的结果。反过来，有关动物力学的最新发现也激励着科学家们去发明移动起来同样优雅和高效的机器人和设备。结合生物学、工程学、物理学和机器人技术，如何在水上行走和攀爬墙壁，揭开了动物运动背后的非凡秘密。

Discovering the secrets of animal movement and what they can teach us.

Insects walk on water, snakes slither, and fish swim. Animals move with astounding grace, speed, and versatility: how do they do it, and what can we learn from them? How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls takes readers on a wondrous journey into the world of animal motion. From basement labs at MIT to the rain forests of Panama, David Hu shows how animals have adapted and evolved to traverse their environments, taking advantage of physical laws with results that are startling and ingenious. In turn, the latest discoveries about animal mechanics are inspiring scientists to invent robots and devices that move with similar elegance and efficiency. Integrating biology, engineering, physics, and robotics, How to Walk on Water and Climb up Walls demystifies the remarkable secrets behind animal locomotion.

作者简介

David L. Hu是佐治亚理工学院机械工程和生物学教授，同时也是物理学的兼职教授。他住在亚特兰大。

David L. Hu is professor of mechanical engineering and biology, and adjunct professor of physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He lives in Atlanta.

目录

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction The World of Animal Motion 1

Chapter 1 Walking on Water 16

Chapter 2 Swimming under Sand 32

Chapter 3 The Shape of a Flying Snake 60

Chapter 4 Of Eyelashes and Sharkskin 88

Chapter 5 Dead Fish Swimming 114

Chapter 6 Flying in the Rain 139

Chapter 7 The Brain behind the Brawn 155

Chapter 8 Are Ants a Fluid or a Solid? 179

Conclusion The Future 203

Bibliography 215

Index 221

Plates follow page 138