Preferred gait and walk–run transition speeds in ostriches measured using GPS-IMU sensors | Journal of Experimental Biology | The Company of Biologists

Present address: BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7RQ, UK. Present address: St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK. Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. Monica A. Daley, Anthony J. Channon, Grant S. Nolan, Jade Hall; Preferred gait and walk–run transition speeds in ostriches measured using GPS-IMU sensors. J Exp Biol 15 October 2016; 219 (20): 3301–3308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.142588 Download citation file: The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is widely appreciated as a fast and agile bipedal athlete, and is a useful comparative bipedal model for human locomotion. Here, we used GPS-IMU sensors to measure naturally selected gait dynamics of ostriches roaming freely over a wide range of speeds in an open field and developed a quantitative method for distinguishing walking and running using accelerometry. We compared freely selected gait–speed distributions with previo

Present address: BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, Surrey Research Park, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7RQ, UK. Present address: St George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK. Competing interests The authors declare no competing or financial interests. Monica A. Daley, Anthony J. Channon, Grant S. Nolan, Jade Hall; Preferred gait and walk–run transition speeds in ostriches measured using GPS-IMU sensors. J Exp Biol 15 October 2016; 219 (20): 3301–3308. doi: https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.142588 Download citation file: The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is widely appreciated as a fas