as in mobility
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the act or power of moving from place to place
studying the locomotion of spiders Walking is one form of locomotion.
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Recent Examples of locomotion
As per the team, both are critical for high-speed locomotion and dynamic balance.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
Engineers say this performance reflects major progress in humanoid locomotion control, dynamic balance and high-performance drive systems.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The inset provides a close-up view of an A. rubens arm, where contact points of individual tube feet with the substrate are clearly visible during locomotion (arrow).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This could one day enable multimodal locomotion for miniature robots with extended flight times.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Jan. 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
Engineers say this performance reflects major progress in humanoid locomotion control, dynamic balance and high-performance drive systems.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Feb. 2026
The inset provides a close-up view of an A. rubens arm, where contact points of individual tube feet with the substrate are clearly visible during locomotion (arrow).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 8 Feb. 2026
This could one day enable multimodal locomotion for miniature robots with extended flight times.
—ArsTechnica, 31 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for locomotion
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Humanoid robot speed leap Beijing also hosted its second humanoid robot half-marathon on April 19, highlighting rapid advances in humanoid mobility and autonomy.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Apr. 2026
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In an early rehabilitation session, Sky director of health and human performance Jess Cohen instructed Vandersloot to attempt a simple mobility test by standing against a wall, raising onto the balls of her feet and attempting to squat down a few degrees.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
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As Mercury joins Mars in Aries in your 9th house, curiosity turns into action and ideas want movement from you.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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Raphael has the rare distinction of having an entire aesthetic movement named after a desire to go back to a time before him.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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“Locomotion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locomotion. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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