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Pruning deep neural networks generates a sparse, bio-inspired nonlinear controller for insect flight by Zahn, Olivia, Bustamante, Jr, Jorge, Switzer, Callin, Daniel, Thomas L, Kutz, J Nathan

“…Insect flight is a strongly nonlinear and actuated dynamical system. As such, strategies for understanding its control have typically relied on either…”
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Integration of parallel mechanosensory and visual pathways resolved through sensory conflict by Roth, Eatai, Hall, Robert W., Daniel, Thomas L., Sponberg, Simon

“…The acquisition of information from parallel sensory pathways is a hallmark of coordinated movement in animals. Insect flight, for example, relies on both…”
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Flexible strategies for flight control: an active role for the abdomen by Dyhr, Jonathan P, Morgansen, Kristi A, Daniel, Thomas L, Cowan, Noah J

“…Moving animals orchestrate myriad motor systems in response to multimodal sensory inputs. Coordinating movement is particularly challenging in flight control,…”
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Wing structure and neural encoding jointly determine sensing strategies in insect flight by Weber, Alison I, Daniel, Thomas L, Brunton, Bingni W

“…Animals rely on sensory feedback to generate accurate, reliable movements. In many flying insects, strain-sensitive neurons on the wings provide rapid feedback…”
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A bio-hybrid odor-guided autonomous palm-sized air vehicle by Anderson, Melanie J, Sullivan, Joseph G, Horiuchi, Timothy K, Fuller, Sawyer B, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Biohybrid systems integrate living materials with synthetic devices, exploiting their respective advantages to solve challenging engineering problems. One…”
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Antennal Mechanosensors Mediate Flight Control in Moths by Sane, Sanjay P, Dieudonné, Alexandre, Willis, Mark A, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Flying insects have evolved sophisticated sensory capabilities to achieve rapid course control during aerial maneuvers. Among two-winged insects such as…”
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Aerodynamic and functional consequences of wing compliance by Mountcastle, Andrew M., Daniel, Thomas L.

“…A growing body of evidence indicates that a majority of insects experience some degree of wing deformation during flight. With no musculature distal to the…”
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Abdominal Movements in Insect Flight Reshape the Role of Non-Aerodynamic Structures for Flight Maneuverability I: Model Predictive Control for Flower Tracking by Bustamante, Jorge, Ahmed, Mahad, Deora, Tanvi, Fabien, Brian, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Synopsis Research on insect flight control has focused primarily on the role of wings. Yet abdominal deflections during flight can potentially influence the…”
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Dual dimensionality reduction reveals independent encoding of motor features in a muscle synergy for insect flight control by Sponberg, Simon, Daniel, Thomas L, Fairhall, Adrienne L

“…What are the features of movement encoded by changing motor commands? Do motor commands encode movement independently or can they be represented in a reduced…”
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Morphospace exploration reveals divergent fitness optima between plants and pollinators by Peng, Foen, Campos, Eric O, Sullivan, Joseph Garret, Berry, Nathan, Song, Bo Bin, Daniel, Thomas L, Bradshaw, Jr, H D

“…The obligate mutualism and exquisite specificity of many plant-pollinator interactions lead to the expectation that flower phenotypes (e.g., corolla tube…”
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Elastic energy storage and radial forces in the myofilament lattice depend on sarcomere length by Williams, C David, Regnier, Michael, Daniel, Thomas L

“…We most often consider muscle as a motor generating force in the direction of shortening, but less often consider its roles as a spring or a brake. Here we…”
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Antennae in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) mediate abdominal flexion in response to mechanical stimuli by Hinterwirth, Armin J, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Flying insects rely on the integration of feedback signals from multiple sensory modalities. Thus, in addition to the visual input, mechanosensory information…”
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Shape matters: corolla curvature improves nectar discovery in the hawkmoth Manduca sexta by Campos, Eric O., Bradshaw, Harvey D., Daniel, Thomas L.

“…Summary We measured the effects of variation in corolla curvature and nectary aperture radius on pollinator foraging ability using the hawkmoth Manduca sexta…”
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Encoding properties of haltere neurons enable motion feature detection in a biological gyroscope by Fox, Jessica L, Fairhall, Adrienne L, Daniel, Thomas L

“…The halteres of dipteran insects are essential sensory organs for flight control. They are believed to detect Coriolis and other inertial forces associated…”
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Wireless stimulation of antennal muscles in freely flying hawkmoths leads to flight path changes by Hinterwirth, Armin J, Medina, Billie, Lockey, Jacob, Otten, David, Voldman, Joel, Lang, Jeffrey H, Hildebrand, John G, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Insect antennae are sensory organs involved in a variety of behaviors, sensing many different stimulus modalities. As mechanosensors, they are crucial for…”
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Filament compliance influences cooperative activation of thin filaments and the dynamics of force production in skeletal muscle by Tanner, Bertrand C W, Daniel, Thomas L, Regnier, Michael

“…Striated muscle contraction is a highly cooperative process initiated by Ca²⁺ binding to the troponin complex, which leads to tropomyosin movement and myosin…”
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Wind dispersal of battery-free wireless devices by Iyer, Vikram, Gaensbauer, Hans, Daniel, Thomas L., Gollakota, Shyamnath

“…Plants cover a large fraction of the Earth’s land mass despite most species having limited to no mobility. To transport their propagules, many plants have…”
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Axial and radial forces of cross-bridges depend on lattice spacing by Williams, C David, Regnier, Michael, Daniel, Thomas L

“…Nearly all mechanochemical models of the cross-bridge treat myosin as a simple linear spring arranged parallel to the contractile filaments. These…”
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The "Smellicopter," a bio-hybrid odor localizing nano air vehicle by Anderson, Melanie J., Sullivan, Joseph G., Talley, Jennifer L., Brink, Kevin M., Fuller, Sawyer B., Daniel, Thomas L.

“…Robotic airborne chemical source localization has critical applications ranging from search and rescue to hazard detection to pollution assessment. Previous…”
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Sarcomere lattice geometry influences cooperative myosin binding in muscle by Tanner, Bertrand C W, Daniel, Thomas L, Regnier, Michael

“…In muscle, force emerges from myosin binding with actin (forming a cross-bridge). This actomyosin binding depends upon myofilament geometry, kinetics of…”
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