Mechanical arm(s) driven by Josephson junction circuit(s), mimicking the movement pattern of myriapods

The major interest of this article is to investigate a single and an array of mechanical arms driven by Josephson junction (JJ) circuits and their applications in mimicking the locomotion of myriapods. Stability analysis of a single mechanical arm driven by a JJ circuit resulted in two equilibrium points and a switch of their stability for specific values of the stimulation current. Results of the numerical simulations reproduce the motion of myriapods in agreement with existing results and the proposed electromechanical system overcomes the difficulties of coupling many JJ circuits or other models of neuron circuits in actuating a single mechanical arm for mimicking the locomotion of myriapods. Actuation of the mechanical arm driven by a JJ circuit is confirmed by numerical simulations which are sensitive to the action of the electromagnetic signal and the effect of mass. The progressive excitation of the mechanical arms of the array of the electromechanical system as demonstrated by the numerical simulations is similar to the straightforward motion of myriapods.

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The article investigates single and array of mechanical arms driven by Josephson junction (JJ) circuits and their applications in mimicking the locomotion of myriapods. The stability analysis of a single mechanical arm driven by a JJ circuit reveals two equilibrium points and a switch of their stability for specific values of the stimulation current. Numerical simulations confirm the proposed electromechanical system's ability to mimic the motion of myriapods and overcome the difficulties of coupling many JJ circuits or other neuron circuit models. The progressive excitation of the array of mechanical arms in the electromechanical system, as demonstrated by numerical simulations, resembles the straightforward motion of myriapods.