Abstract:The walking process of the cattle, bostaurus, on paddy field before spring plowing was captured by the high-speed photography. The properties of the paddy soil and geometrical configurations of the hooves were studied. The geometrical configurations and motion postures of the cattle during walking on paddy field were analyzed, and the gait parameters were gained from the high-speed photographs. The inverse kinetics method was used to establish the kinematics equations of the cattle during walking on paddy field. Combined with the calculation results, the plots of the cattle during walking were drawn. The changes of displacement, velocity, acceleration and force were analyzed, and then the characteristics of the cattle during walking on paddy field were discussed. The method reported would provide certain theoretical and practical references for bionic design for improving the reasonable motion of the walking mechanisms on soft ground.