FACULTY

Roy E. Ritzmann, Ph.D.
Selected Publications

Watson, J.T, Ritzmann, R.E., Zill, S.N. and Pollack, A.J. (2002) Control of Obstacle Climbing in the Cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis I. Kinematics. J.Comp. Physiol. A. 188:39-53.

Watson, J.T, Ritzmann, R.E., and Pollack, A.J. (2002) Control of Obstacle Climbing in the Cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis II. Motor Activities Associated with Joint Movement. J.Comp. Physiol. A. 188:55-69.

Schaefer, P.L. and R.E. Ritzmann (2001) Descending influences on escape behavior and motor pattern in the cockroach. J. Neurobiol. 49:9-28.

Quinn, R.D., Nelson, G.M., Bachmann, R.J., and Ritzmann, R.E. (2001) Toward Mission Capable Legged Robots through Biological Inspiration. Autonomous Robots, 11 (3):215-220.

Tryba, A.K. and R.E. Ritzmann (2000) Multi-joint coordination during walking and foothold searching in the Blaberus cockroach. I. Kinematics and electromyograms. J. Neurophysiol. 83:3323-3336.

Tryba, A.K. and R.E. Ritzmann (2000) Multi-joint coordination during walking and foothold searching in the Blaberus cockroach.II. Extensor motor pattern. J. Neurophysiol. 83:3337-3350.

Ritzmann, R.E., R.D. Quinn, J.T. Watson, S.N. Zill (2000) Insect walking and biorobotics: A relationship with mutual benefits.  Bioscience 50:23-33.

Quinn, R.D. and R.E. Ritzmann (1998) Construction of a Hexapod Robot with Cockroach Kinematics Benefits both Robotics and Biology. Connection Sci. 10:239-254.

Watson, J.T. and R.E. Ritzmann (1998) Leg kinematics and muscle activity during treadmill running in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis:  I. Slow running. J. Comp. Physiol A. 182:11-22.

Watson, J.T. and R.E. Ritzmann (1998) Leg kinematics and muscle activity during treadmill running in the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis:  II. Fast running. J. Comp. Physiol . A. 182:23-33.

Ritzmann, R.E. and R.C. Eaton (1997) Neural substrates for initiation of startle responses. In Neurons, Networks, And Motor Behavior eds. Paul S.G. Stein, Sten Grillner, Allen I. Selverston, and Douglas G. Stuart, MIT Press. Pp 33-44.

Pollack, A.J. , R.E. Ritzmann, J.T. Watson (1995) Dual pathways for tactile sensory information to thoracic interneurons in the cockroach. J. Neurobiol 26:33-46.

Ritzmann, R.E. (1993) The neural organization of cockroach escape and its role in context-dependent orientation. In Biological Neural Networks in Invertebrate Neuroethology and Robotics. R.D. Beer, R.E. Ritzmann and T. McKenna eds. Academic Press, pp. 113-137.

Nye, S.W and R.E. Ritzmann (1992) Motion analysis of leg joints associated with escape turns of the cockraoch, Periplaneta americana. J. Comp. Physiol. A 177:183-194.

Ritzmann, R.E., A.J. Pollack, S.E. Hudson, A. Hyvonen (1991) Convergence of multi-modal sensory signals at thoracic interneurons of the escape system of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. Brain Res. 563:175-183.