Force and Motion Analysis of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) using a body dynamics model

Authors
Naohisa Mukaidani, Zu Soh, Shinichi Higashijima, Toshio Tsuji
Corresponding Author
Naohisa Mukaidani
Available Online 1 December 2017.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.2991/jrnal.2017.4.3.2
Keywords
zebrafish, larval zebrafish, dynamics model, drag coefficient
Abstract
This study proposes a method of body dynamics analysis for larval zebrafish incorporating a viscoelastic body model and a fluidic environment model to support the study of development mechanisms in motion generation. The results showed that the estimated fluid drag coefficients enabled the body dynamics model to approximate the paths of actual larvae with an error level of 0.76±0.74 [%] to the total body length.

Copyright
© 2013, the Authors. Published by ALife Robotics Corp. Ltd.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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