Force and Motion Analysis of larval zebrafish (Danio rerio) using a body dynamics model

Authors :: Shin-ichi Higashijima
Toshio Tsuji
Zu Soh
Naohisa Mukaidani
Source :: International Journal of Computational Intelligence Systems, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 183-190 (2017), ResearcherID, Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life (JRNAL), Vol 4, Iss 3 (2017)
Publication Year :: 2017
Publisher :: Atlantis Press, 2017.
Abstract: This study proposes a method of body dynamics analysis for larval zebrafish incorporating a viscoelastic body model and a fluidic environment model to support the study of development mechanisms in motion generation. The results showed that the estimated fluid drag coefficients enabled the body dynamics model to approximate the paths of actual larvae with an error level of 0.76±0.74 [%] to the total body length.

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