A controllable dual-catapult system inspired by the biomechanics of the dragonfly larvae’s predatory strike

Step by step and frame by frame – Workflow for efficient motion tracking of high-speed movements in animals

(2020) Alexander Koehnsen et al.   ZOOLOGY

Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems

(2019) S. J. Longo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biologically inspired jumping robots: A comprehensive review

(2019) Chi Zhang et al.   ROBOTICS AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems

(2018) Mark Ilton et al.   SCIENCE

Temperature effects on ballistic prey capture by a dragonfly larva

(2018) Estefania Quenta Herrera et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Material composition of the mouthpart cuticle in a damselfly larva (Insecta: Odonata) and its biomechanical significance

(2018) Sebastian Büsse et al.   Royal Society Open Science

The head morphology of Pyrrhosoma nymphula larvae (Odonata: Zygoptera) focusing on functional aspects of the mouthparts

(2017) Sebastian Büsse et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Performance, morphology and control of power-amplified mandibles in the trap-jaw antMyrmoteras(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

(2017) Fredrick J. Larabee et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Three dimensional reconstruction of energy stores for jumping in planthoppers and froghoppers from confocal laser scanning microscopy

(2017) Igor Siwanowicz et al.   eLife

Jumping mechanisms and performance in beetles. I. Flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini)

(2016) Konstantin Nadein et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Functional diversity of resilin in Arthropoda

(2016) Jan Michels et al.   Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Ultrastructure of dragonfly wing veins: composite structure of fibrous material supplemented by resilin

(2015) Esther Appel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Coding characters from different life stages for phylogenetic reconstruction: a case study on dragonfly adults and larvae, including a description of the larval head anatomy ofEpiophlebia superstes(Odonata: Epiophlebiidae)

(2015) Alexander Blanke et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

MultiMo-Bat: A biologically inspired integrated jumping–gliding robot

(2014) Matthew A. Woodward et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS RESEARCH

Biorobotics: Using robots to emulate and investigate agile locomotion

(2014) A. J. Ijspeert   SCIENCE

Locusts use a composite of resilin and hard cuticle as an energy store for jumping and kicking

(2012) M. Burrows et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Molecular and functional characterisation of resilin across three insect orders

(2011) Russell E. Lyons et al.   INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Jumping mechanisms and performance of snow fleas (Mecoptera, Boreidae)

(2011) M. Burrows   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Detailed three-dimensional visualization of resilin in the exoskeleton of arthropods using confocal laser scanning microscopy

(2011) J. MICHELS et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY

Steerable miniature jumping robot

(2009) Mirko Kovač et al.   AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS

Resilin and chitinous cuticle form a composite structure for energy storage in jumping by froghopper insects

(2008) Malcolm Burrows et al.   BMC BIOLOGY