AIMC Topic: Biomimetics

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Reproducing the caress gesture with an anthropomorphic robot: a feasibility study.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Social robots have been widely used to deliver emotional, cognitive and social support to humans. The exchange of affective gestures, instead, has been explored to a lesser extent, despite phyisical interaction with social robots could provide the sa...

Bird-inspired reflexive morphing enables rudderless flight.

Science robotics
Gliding birds lack a vertical tail, yet they fly stably rudderless in turbulence without needing discrete flaps to steer. In contrast, nearly all airplanes need vertical tails to damp Dutch roll oscillations and to control yaw. The few exceptions tha...

The influence of neighbor selection on self-organized UAV swarm based on finite perception vision.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Recently, vision-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarming has emerged as a promising alternative that can overcome the adaptability and scalability limitations of distributed and communication-based UAV swarm systems. While most vision-based cont...

Soft robots and soft bodies: biological insights into the structure and function of fluidic soft robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Over the last two decades, robotics engineering has witnessed rapid growth in the exploration and development of soft robots. Soft robots are made of deformable materials with mechanical properties or other features that resemble biological structure...

Dynamic modelling and predictive position/force control of a plant-inspired growing robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
This paper presents the development and control of a dynamic model for a plant-inspired growing robot, termed the 'vine-robot', using the Euler-Lagrangian method. The unique growth mechanism of the vine-robot enables it to navigate complex environmen...

Enhancing the performance of a resonance-based sensor network for soft robots using binary excitation.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Embedded, flexible, multi-sensor sensing networks have shown the potential to provide soft robots with reliable feedback while navigating unstructured environments. Time delay associated with extracting information from these sensing networks and the...

Bio-Inspired Neuromorphic Sensory Systems from Intelligent Perception to Nervetronics.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Inspired by the extensive signal processing capabilities of the human nervous system, neuromorphic artificial sensory systems have emerged as a pivotal technology in advancing brain-like computing for applications in humanoid robotics, prosthetics, a...

Bioinspired cooperation in a heterogeneous robot swarm using ferrofluid artificial pheromones for uncontrolled environments.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
This article presents a novel bioinspired technology for the cooperation and coordination of heterogeneous robot swarms in uncontrolled environments, utilizing an artificial pheromone composed of magnetized ferrofluids. Communication between differen...

Robotic feet modeled after ungulates improve locomotion on soft wet grounds.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Locomotion on soft yielding grounds is more complicated and energetically demanding than on hard ground. Wet soft ground (such as mud or snow) is a particularly difficult substance because it dissipates energy when stepping and resists extrusion of t...

A Biomimetic Adhesive Disc for Robotic Adhesion Sliding Inspired by the Net-Winged Midge Larva.

Soft robotics
Net-winged midge larvae (Blephariceridae) are known for their remarkable ability to adhere to and crawl on the slippery surfaces of rocks in fast-flowing and turbulent alpine streams, waterfalls, and rivers. This remarkable performance can be attribu...