research
Primate Locomotor Mechanics
Over the past twenty years, members of the Animal Locomotion Lab have collected video and force data on nearly all major groups of primates and many non-primate mammals. Here are a few examples of our current projects on primate locomotion.
Ontogeny of hind and forelimb mechanics in great apes
Daniel Schmitt, Angel Zeininger, and Roshna Wunderlich are investigating kinematic and kinetic changes in both the hind and forelimb throughout locomotor ontogeny in infant, juvenile, and adult chimpanzees and gorillas.
Center of mass movements during tail-assisted arm-swinging in New World monkeys
Daniel Schmitt and Angel Zeininger are conducting an interspecific comparison of center of mass movements, energy recovery, and collisional losses during brachiation in South American monkey species Ateles, Alouatta, Lagothrix, and Cebus.