For 200,000 or more years, the fine-tuned mechanics of human motion have enabled our species to traverse enormous distances on foot with remarkably little energy expenditure. Scientists have long ...

In the past, when researchers modeled quadruped gaits — how four-legged organisms walk, run and move — gaits have been ...

A quick visit to Monty Python's Ministry of Silly Walks shows just how many ways humans (or at least British comedians) can think of to travel from point A to point B. So why don't we high kick our ...

From the Faroe Pony to the Spanish Mustang, fewer animals have played such a central role in human history as the horse. New research reveals that a horse's gait, an attribute central to its ...

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Researchers have discovered a faster and more efficient gait, never observed in nature, for six-legged robots walking on flat ground. Bio-inspired gaits -- less efficient for robots -- are used by ...

Masson Couture rides Blaze during a lesson at Gaits to Success in Kiln in 2009. The horse therapy program has closed down its website and Facebook page and is not returning phone calls amid rumors it ...