カエルサイボーグによる跳躍運動

抄録

To clarify the locomotive function of living organisms, it is necessary to understand the mechanisms that connect the musculoskeletal system to locomotion. Therefore, we developed a frog cyborg that can jump by directly controlling the musculoskeletal structure of living organisms. In this research, we used a cyborg to reproduce the outstanding jumping movements of the Tago’s brown frog. We electrically stimulated sciatic nerves and/or Longissimus dorsi muscle. As a result, we observed that snap-through buckling by trunk extension simultaneously occurred with leg kicking during upward jumping.