{"id":5229,"date":"2025-08-15T14:26:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/biomechanics-in-the-wild\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:26:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T18:26:29","slug":"5229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/biomechanics-in-the-wild\/2025\/08\/15\/5229\/","title":{"rendered":"Goats Defying Gravity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This video describes how mountain goats can influence robot design based on the biomechanical principles that influence their impeccable balance. It explains how a mountain goat&#8217;s center of mass, controlled limb force generation, and specialized hoof anatomy can all be mimicked in robotics and why it is relevant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Goats Defying Gravity and Its Role in Robotics\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RfKJiJDXnkM?start=51&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Credits: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Animaker video animation software. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ETH Zurich. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbllpWXpFY2RSaldQbnczR1k3QUpfTXNIa1BmZ3xBQ3Jtc0trWW9rV0NCVm5JVGplZV90enZNZmNOMEN2Q0NwbFlldE1fMHR3OFFieGdFNkVldFQwMEZLWHFVdUdJLUI5c3Y1STg3Ni1aSFJFQThfN3NRajRzYTNnNDIzYWVZeHNmRTk5Y2FBQTZBTEVvaFZTOEVONA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fethz.ch%2Fen%2Fnews-and-events%2Feth-news%2Fnews%2F2024%2F11%2Fthe-snake-that-saves-lives.html&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\">The snake that saves lives<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Geographic. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f0jMzdbEui0\">Amazing footage: Goats climbing on a near-vertical dam<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ferguson, N. The Dingo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8KntOIgzUjY\">A low cost, open-source robot quadruped<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Abad, Sara-Adela, et al. (2019). Significance of the Compliance of the Joints on the Dynamic Slip Resistance of a Bioinspired Hoof. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 35(6), 1450\u20131463. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFQxdUNRT1lOZFB5M2RzSl93YW1vbHhRUGxkQXxBQ3Jtc0tsNFJyaG1ycTFyUXNJT1VITEdDZUFQc0NWa2Z2Sl9vbDdkenJHUlpyTE1QemgxRHhVSjVybTFkZDBUcWtOdjREMEFydnc4eXZjRFZGMm85MEZyMFAtaFkwV3ZidTA1bXFraG1vdXV6bHYzZ3RnMGFyTQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1109%2FTRO.2019.2930864&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TRO.2019.2930864<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ranjan, Alok, et al. (2024). Design Guidelines for Bioinspired Adaptive Foot for Stable Interaction With the Environment. IEEE\/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 29(2), 843\u2013855. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbURPdU80U3J1MklIX3NES1BKY0ZkNW04ck8xQXxBQ3Jtc0ttV09XMnduczVvbjFOOUIzWEtvdG1xMWswU0J4ZVRMNmg2WVBYbzRQRVBNZkxxUHkydmpWYnkyMW9EZGRMOUd5NF95THpGQnpVMEt5Vkg2TjFqdUh6MUVWb1NUM3RKT19XeDNzQ1BWZTNYc0tnRXd1Zw&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1109%2FTMECH.2023.3326602&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/TMECH.2023.33&#8230;<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sombolestan, Mohsen, et al. (2021). Adaptive Force-Based Control for Legged Robots. In 2021 IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) (pp. 7440\u20137447). IEEE. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbGF3eC0wR1k2S1RMeVJJczJxdWhWYjhiem53Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuOU9xSHdscWFEMDlZV0FzQTQzLTVhOWhUbGw0QmVzeGFTSjlLZFBCemh0cWVGaGZTNUFuYWZOLWJrdlhrN2FfMy1pekVBeEtYYV9sV3dSbzNQWUxEOFZQV2N0NWhGWEpDODhTNWc5TW5kcF8yYnVQQQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1109%2FIROS51168.2021.9636393&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1109\/IROS51168.202&#8230;<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lewinson, Ryan T., and Darren J. Stefanyshyn. (2016). A Descriptive Analysis of the Climbing Mechanics of a Mountain Goat (Oreamnos Americanus). Zoology, 119(6), 541\u2013546. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbFI4amxaR05GVW04UGhMM1EzZG9BVkRzNjdMUXxBQ3Jtc0tuQWNqR20wU3Vfd1BoNzFyMjIyVWhfSWpCbk1td3Jyb0tFTlRUcVV6ZHNrSW1taUVaVnNaR1FfV1FhbTVmaENqYzVZd1puQUNWX3JXVjdHeERuSGJ3STRTUllUOEh4WFJhMUtuVEswQmFOcEwxOE5DOA&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1016%2Fj.zool.2016.06.001&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.zool.2016.0&#8230;<\/a> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tian, Weijun, et al. (2022). The Limb Kinetics of Goat Walking on the Slope with Different Angles. Biomimetics, 7(4), 220. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&amp;redir_token=QUFFLUhqblRkTENaMTNKR3dKLTJQZFVSUk1CYkEtUzRDd3xBQ3Jtc0trcDBwMng3dmFwRWpXTU5hb3FacEp0UEZrdEgtS0FDZEdWcHFRa0tYQTVXTWxmSXlOWDFZXzhzVXpXZWhnZWtlbGdMaVIwaFJ3ZXF5ZzltWDFQdzRqdnp1X3dITlgwRXRNREhFM05HMkk0VV9FMUE1TQ&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.3390%2Fbiomimetics7040220&amp;v=RfKJiJDXnkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/biomimetics70&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video describes how mountain goats can influence robot design based on the biomechanical principles that influence their impeccable balance. It explains how a mountain goat&#8217;s center of mass, controlled limb force generation, and specialized hoof anatomy can all be mimicked in robotics and why it is relevant. 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