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latch-mediated spring actuation: a standalone construct

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Animal biomechanics

a framework for ultrafast movements in which energy stored in a spring is held by a latch and then released, exceeding the power limits of muscle.

In animal biomechanics, latch-mediated spring actuation refers to a framework for ultrafast movements in which energy stored in a spring is held by a latch and then released, exceeding the power limits of muscle. This meaning comes from Longo (2019) in Journal of Experimental Biology.[1]

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References

Longo, S. J., Cox, S. M., Azizi, E., Ilton, M., Olberding, J. P., St Pierre, R., & Patek, S. N. (2019). Beyond power amplification: latch-mediated spring actuation is an emerging framework for the study of diverse elastic systems. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222(15). https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.197889

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