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Appendices

Figure 1:Insect Legs. 2011. BugWoodWiki. Veiwed 19 September 2011. <http://wiki.bugwood.org/File:Insect_legs.jpg>

Figure 2: Cofer, D. 2002. Roach Tripod Example, Figure 3. Mindcreators.com. Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://www.mindcreators.com/InsectLocomotion.htm>

Figure 3: Modified from: Ding, X., Rovetta, A., Wang, Z. and Zhu, J. M.  2010. Fig 4: General Structure of a 3DOF (degrees of freedom) leg. InTech, Italy. Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://www.intechopen.com/source/pdfs/10075/InTech-Locomotion_analysis_of_hexapod_robot.pdf 

Figure 4: Created by author (Tessa Jones, 2011)

Figure 5: Created by author (Tessa Jones, 2011)

Main Image: Insect Robot. 2010. Desktopro: Desktop wallpapers and backgrounds. Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://desktopro.com/displayimage.php?pid=2895>

'The Anatomy of Insect Legs' Page Banner Image: Leg of a mantis. 1909. British Museum of Natural History. Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://digitalinsectcollection.wikispaces.com/Praying+Mantis>

'Insect Walking Mechanisms' Page Banner Image: Screenshots taken from a video:  Youtube user 'wardy10'. 2010. Ant walk cycle. [Online Video] Viewed 17 September 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWHnT08wU1o&feature=related?

'Types of Robot Gait' Page Banner Image: Cocatre-Zilgien, J. H., 1997. Perspective view of hexapod walking machine standing up on its feet. Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://cocatrez.net/Earth/AutonomousWalkingRobots/SixhoeProject/SixhoePatApp.html>

'Advantages of Hexapod Gait' Page Banner Image: Horsey, J. 2009. T-Hex Hexapod Robot. Geeky Gadgets. Viewed 19 September 2011.  <http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/t-rex-hexapod-robot-10-12-09/>

'References and Appendices' Page Banner Image: Steam II Insect. 2010. Online Blog: Monzuki Viewed 19 September 2011. <http://blog.monzuki.com/2010/03/dissection-of-microbotics.html>

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