Figure 3
From: Energy and time optimal trajectories in exploratory jumps of the spider Phidippus regius
Example jump trajectories. Green circles indicate the location of the centre of mass at take-off. Red circles represent the location of the centre of mass at landing. No marker at the end of the trajectory indicates that the spider left the measurement field of view before landing. Leader lines from the ends of each trajectory indicate the landing platform location for that particular task. Background grid squares have dimensions L × L where L is the spider reference length (L = 15 mm). Blue lines are examples of the experimentally measured trajectories. Orange dashed lines are the calculated trajectories based on ‘best fit’ between projectile equations and experimental data.
