AIMC Topic: Biomimetic Materials

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Double-integrated mimic enzymes for the visual screening of Microcystin-LR: Copper hydroxide nanozyme and G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzyme.

Analytica chimica acta
Recently, mimic enzymes have obtained particular interest by their high activity, stability, and biocompatibility. In this work, by coupling copper hydroxide nanozyme and G-quadruplex/hemin DNAzyme to form a double-integrated mimic enzyme, a visual, ...

Avian-inspired energy-harvesting from atmospheric phenomena for small UAVs.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Fixed-wing small, unmanned aerial vehicles usually fly in atmospheric boundary layers that are often under the influence of turbulent environments. Inspired by nature's flyers, an application of an energy-harvesting flight strategy for increasing the...

Do a robot's social skills and its objection discourage interactants from switching the robot off?

PloS one
Building on the notion that people respond to media as if they were real, switching off a robot which exhibits lifelike behavior implies an interesting situation. In an experimental lab study with a 2x2 between-subjects-design (N = 85), people were g...

Bioinspired 3D Printable Soft Vacuum Actuators for Locomotion Robots, Grippers and Artificial Muscles.

Soft robotics
Continued technological progress in robotic systems has led to more applications where robots and humans operate in close proximity and even physical contact in some cases. Soft robots, which are made of highly compliant and deformable materials, pro...

Soft Biomimetic Fish Robot Made of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators.

Soft robotics
This article presents the design, fabrication, and characterization of a soft biomimetic robotic fish based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) that swims by body and/or caudal fin (BCF) propulsion. BCF is a promising locomotion mechanism that p...

Neuromorphic computing with multi-memristive synapses.

Nature communications
Neuromorphic computing has emerged as a promising avenue towards building the next generation of intelligent computing systems. It has been proposed that memristive devices, which exhibit history-dependent conductivity modulation, could efficiently r...

Modeling of dielectric elastomer oscillators for soft biomimetic applications.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Biomimetic, entirely soft robots with animal-like behavior and integrated artificial nervous systems will open up totally new perspectives and applications. However, until now, most presented studies on soft robots were limited to only partly soft de...

Achieving bioinspired flapping wing hovering flight solutions on Mars via wing scaling.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Achieving atmospheric flight on Mars is challenging due to the low density of the Martian atmosphere. Aerodynamic forces are proportional to the atmospheric density, which limits the use of conventional aircraft designs on Mars. Here, we show using n...

Locomotion of arthropods in aquatic environment and their applications in robotics.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Many bio-inspired robots have been developed so far after careful investigation of animals' locomotion. To successfully apply the locomotion of natural counterparts to robots for efficient and improved mobility, it is essential to understand their pr...

Design and evaluation of a deformable wing configuration for economical hovering flight of an insect-like tailless flying robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Studies on wing kinematics indicate that flapping insect wings operate at higher angles of attack (AoAs) than conventional rotary wings. Thus, effectively flying an insect-like flapping-wing micro air vehicle (FW-MAV) requires appropriate wing design...