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- Biomimetics is the
study of the structure and function of biological systems as models for the
design and engineering of materials and machines. It is widely regarded as
being synonymous with biomimicry, biomimesis, biognosis and similar to
biologically inspired design.
On EXPO21XX.com you will find many research projects evolving around
biomimetics research. Some examples can be seen below. Click on "more info" to
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Biomimetic Highlights
- Picture by Robotics Research Center (ER2C)
Robotic fish
@ University of Essex
- In nature, fish has astonishing swimming ability after
thousands years evolution. It is well known that the tuna swims with high
speed and high efficiency, the pike accelerates in a flash and the eel could
swim skilfully into a narrow hole. Such astonishing swimming ability
inspires us to improve the performance of aquatic man-made robotic systems,
namely Robotic Fish. Instead of the conventional rotary propeller used in
ship or underwater vehicles, the undulation movement provides the main
energy of a robotic fish. The observation on a real fish shows that this
kind of propulsion is more noiseless, effective, and manoeuvrable than the
propeller-based propulsion. The aim of our project is to design and build
autonomous robotic fishes that are able to reactive to the environment and
navigate toward the charging station. In other words, they should have the
features such as fish-swimming behaviour, autonomously navigating ability,
cartoon-like appearance that is not-existed in the real world.
Amphibious snake-like robot "ACM-R5"
@ Tokyo Institute of Technology
- (2005-) Sea snakes live in water, and even terrestrial
snakes sometimes show swimming on water surface. In fact, the mechanism of
snakes’ propulsion is almost same both in water and on ground. An amphibious
snake-like robot ACM-R5 takes advantage of this fact. It can operate both on
ground and in water undulating its long body
iStruct Demonstrator
@ University of Bremen
- The aim of the project iStruct is to develop a robotic
system as well as biologically inspired structural components which, if
applied on the robotic system, effectively improve the locomotion and
mobility characteristics. In order to achieve this goal, an improved
perception of the environment and the own condition is needed. The
structures designed and build are as self-contained as possible with regard
to sensing, sensor preprocessing, control and communication. The
biologically inspired robot itself is an ideal test platform for the foot
and spine structures. These structures can extend the already existing
locomotion behaviors of a robot and are used contemporaneous as carrier and
sensor system. This way, different functionalities are united in one
construction unit.
Cheetah inspired quadruped robot
- High-speed locomotion platform @ MIT - Biomimetic Robotics Lab