lecture_notes:05-10-2010
Differences
This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.
|
lecture_notes:05-10-2010 [2010/05/12 07:09] svasili created |
lecture_notes:05-10-2010 [2010/05/17 05:48] (current) jstjohn |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Line 14: | Line 14: | ||
| * This algorithm is not much useful as it produces very poor results. | * This algorithm is not much useful as it produces very poor results. | ||
| * Not a good assembler for Banana Slug genome. | * Not a good assembler for Banana Slug genome. | ||
| - | |||
| ====== Slug Locomotion ====== | ====== Slug Locomotion ====== | ||
| Jenny talked about the mechanism behind Banana Slug locomotion. | Jenny talked about the mechanism behind Banana Slug locomotion. | ||
| Line 20: | Line 19: | ||
| * The entire bottom of slug is its foot. | * The entire bottom of slug is its foot. | ||
| * It moves along the whole length of foot creating muscular wave. | * It moves along the whole length of foot creating muscular wave. | ||
| - | * The surface of the slug has sticky mucus, how do they move? | + | * The surface of the slug has sticky mucus which assists their movement. |
| * The motion flow is referred to as : Non-Newtonian flow. | * The motion flow is referred to as : Non-Newtonian flow. | ||
| * Retrograde motion, where waves go backward and slug moves forward. | * Retrograde motion, where waves go backward and slug moves forward. | ||
| * Speed of wave is proportional to speed of slugs. It has been determined that wave is 3.3 faster than slug motion. | * Speed of wave is proportional to speed of slugs. It has been determined that wave is 3.3 faster than slug motion. | ||
| * Interwave - where a muscle relaxes and stretches. | * Interwave - where a muscle relaxes and stretches. | ||
| - | * At Stanford robo-slugs are developed to study the mechanism behind slug locomotion. | + | * At MIT robo-slugs are developed to study the mechanism behind slug locomotion. |
| * For mucus they mix laponite (a kind of clay) in water. | * For mucus they mix laponite (a kind of clay) in water. | ||
| * The basic mechanism behind slug locomotion is : slide -> stick -> pull. | * The basic mechanism behind slug locomotion is : slide -> stick -> pull. | ||
lecture_notes/05-10-2010.1273648194.txt.gz ยท Last modified: 2010/05/12 07:09 by svasili
Except where otherwise noted, content on this wiki is licensed under the following license: CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
