AIMC Topic: Biomimetics

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Exploration of swimming performance for a biomimetic multi-joint robotic fish with a compliant passive joint.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Dec 21, 2020
In this paper, a novel compliant joint with two identical torsion springs is proposed for a biomimetic multi-joint robotic fish, which enables imitatation of the swimming behavior of live fish. More importantly, a dynamic model based on the Lagrangia...
Biomimetics Swimming Animals Robotics Robotic Surgical Procedures Fishes
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A biomimetic soft robotic pinna for emulating dynamic reception behavior of horseshoe bats.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Dec 7, 2020
Encoding of sensory information is fundamental to closing the performance gap between man-made and biological sensing. It has been hypothesized that the coupling of sensing and actuation, a phenomenon observed in bats among other species, is critical...
Humans Animals Chiroptera Echolocation Ear, External Robotics Biomimetics
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Recent progress in engineering functional biohybrid robots actuated by living cells.

Acta biomaterialia Dec 5, 2020
Living cells are highly scalable biological actuators found in nature, and they are efficient technological solutions to actuate robotic systems. Recent advancements in biofabrication and tissue engineering have bridged the gap to interface muscle ce...
Biomimetics Tissue Engineering Muscle, Skeletal Printing, Three-Dimensional Robotics
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Microfiber-Shaped Programmable Materials with Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogel.

Soft robotics Dec 3, 2020
Programmable materials have artificially designed physical shapes responding to external stimuli, as well as high design capability and high flexibility. Here, we propose a microfiber-shaped programmable material with an axial pattern of stimuli-resp...
Hydrogels Biomimetics Alginates Robotics Microfluidics
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3D Printed Biomimetic Soft Robot with Multimodal Locomotion and Multifunctionality.

Soft robotics Dec 3, 2020
Soft robots can outperform traditional rigid robots in terms of structural compliance, enhanced safety, and efficient locomotion. However, it is still a grand challenge to design and efficiently manufacture soft robots with multimodal locomotion capa...
Robotics Biomimetics Swine Printing, Three-Dimensional Magnetic Fields Locomotion Animals
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Biomimetic six-axis robots replicate human cardiac papillary muscle motion: pioneering the next generation of biomechanical heart simulator technology.

Journal of the Royal Society, Interface Dec 2, 2020
Papillary muscles serve as attachment points for chordae tendineae which anchor and position mitral valve leaflets for proper coaptation. As the ventricle contracts, the papillary muscles translate and rotate, impacting chordae and leaflet kinematics...
Humans Robotics Chordae Tendineae Papillary Muscles Biomimetics Mitral Valve Insufficiency
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HASEL Artificial Muscles for a New Generation of Lifelike Robots-Recent Progress and Future Opportunities.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) Nov 9, 2020
Future robots and intelligent systems will autonomously navigate in unstructured environments and closely collaborate with humans; integrated with our bodies and minds, they will allow us to surpass our physical limitations. Traditional robots are mo...
Muscles Biomimetics Biomimetic Materials Robotics Artificial Organs Humans Static Electricity Equipment Design Animals
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Light-steered locomotion of muscle-like hydrogel by self-coordinated shape change and friction modulation.

Nature communications Oct 14, 2020
Many creatures have the ability to traverse challenging environments by using their active muscles with anisotropic structures as the motors in a highly coordinated fashion. However, most artificial robots require multiple independently activated act...
Robotics Friction Muscle, Skeletal Nanogels Biomimetics Locomotion
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Bio-inspired aquatic drones: overview.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 13, 2020
Biomimetics Humans Animals Locomotion Robotics
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Third-order nanocircuit elements for neuromorphic engineering.

Nature Sep 23, 2020
Current hardware approaches to biomimetic or neuromorphic artificial intelligence rely on elaborate transistor circuits to simulate biological functions. However, these can instead be more faithfully emulated by higher-order circuit elements that nat...
Engineering Electrodes Logic Artificial Intelligence Biomimetics Electrophysiology Computer Simulation Models, Neurological Action Potentials
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