Study on the characteristics of head and neck movements of geese walking in a straight line at different speeds
The results demonstrate that domestic geese exhibit nodding behavior similar to other birds, comprising thrust and hold phases. During a full nodding cycle, the thrust phase lasted significantly longer than the hold phase. Furthermore, the closer a goose's neck joint is to the trunk, the greater the joint angle variation observed across three motion states. This indicates that neck nodding depends on lower cervical joint motion. Concurrent analysis of head trajectories revealed horizontal stability during locomotion, with vertical fluctuation amplitude progressively decreasing as movement speed increased.
Authors
- Zhihui Qian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4791-2862)
- Xinming Jiang
- Dongyan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8844-8579)
- Lei Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7843-0276)
- Luquan Ren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1102-8482)
- Jiajia Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0324-1817)
- Zheng Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7917-7057)
- Fu Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5732-7598)
- Wei Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9202-9541)
Institutions
- Henan University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Jilin University (CN)
- Jilin Agricultural University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Veterinary Science
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2025.1554240
- Primary Topic
- Robotic Locomotion and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Jilin Agricultural University