Snakes are fairly quantum, mathematically talking
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The motions of undulating animals and the states of quantum objects will be described utilizing strikingly related equations.
Alexander Cohen on the Massachusetts Institute of Know-how and his colleagues have discovered an equation that describes the movement of worms, snakes, centipedes and undulating snake-like robots.
They started by taking a look at beforehand recorded laboratory footage of Caenorhabditis elegans worms, Western shovelnose snakes (Chionactis occipitalis), brown centipedes (Lithobius forficatus) and bio-inspired mechanical snake robots in movement. They recognized particular motion patterns these undulating creatures carry out, and …
