Unguitractor apparatus in a mechanical beetle leg
The unguitractor apparatus is an energy saving microstructure present within the pretarsus of a beetle’s leg. The presence of this apparatus enables the beetle to expend less energy holding on to a substrate by reducing the amount of force exerted by the muscles to maintain the claw position. The ai...
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| Format: | Final Year Project (FYP) |
| Language: | English |
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Nanyang Technological University
2022
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/157359 |