Emulating duration and curvature of coral snake anti-predator thrashing behaviors using a soft-robotic platform
Shannon M. Danforth,Margaret Kohler,Daniel Bruder,Alison R. Davis Rabosky,Sridhar Kota,Ram Vasudevan,Talia Y. Moore,Shannon M. Danforth,Margaret Kohler,Daniel Bruder,Alison R. Davis Rabosky,Sridhar Kota,Ram Vasudevan,Talia Y. Moore
This paper presents a soft-robotic platform for exploring the ecological relevance of non-locomotory movements via animal-robot interactions. Coral snakes (genus Micrurus) and their mimics use vigorous, non-locomotory, and arrhythmic thrashing to deter predation. There is variation across snake species in the duration and curvature of anti-predator thrashes, and it is unclear how these aspects of ...
