AIMC Topic: Biomimetics

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Dynamic traversal of large gaps by insects and legged robots reveals a template.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
It is well known that animals can use neural and sensory feedback via vision, tactile sensing, and echolocation to negotiate obstacles. Similarly, most robots use deliberate or reactive planning to avoid obstacles, which relies on prior knowledge or ...

Body-terrain interaction affects large bump traversal of insects and legged robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Small animals and robots must often rapidly traverse large bump-like obstacles when moving through complex 3D terrains, during which, in addition to leg-ground contact, their body inevitably comes into physical contact with the obstacles. However, we...

Small-scale soft-bodied robot with multimodal locomotion.

Nature
Untethered small-scale (from several millimetres down to a few micrometres in all dimensions) robots that can non-invasively access confined, enclosed spaces may enable applications in microfactories such as the construction of tissue scaffolds by ro...

Body stiffness in orthogonal directions oppositely affects worm-like robot turning and straight-line locomotion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Earthworms locomote using traveling waves of segment contraction and expansion, which when symmetric result in straight-line locomotion and when biased result in turning. The mechanics of the soft body permit a large range of possible body shapes whi...

Mimicking Biological Synaptic Functionality with an Indium Phosphide Synaptic Device on Silicon for Scalable Neuromorphic Computing.

ACS nano
Neuromorphic or "brain-like" computation is a leading candidate for efficient, fault-tolerant processing of large-scale data as well as real-time sensing and transduction of complex multivariate systems and networks such as self-driving vehicles or I...

How mimetic should a robotic fish be to socially integrate into zebrafish groups?

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Biomimetic robots are promising tools in animal behavioural studies. If they are socially integrated in a group of animals, they can produce calibrated social stimuli to test the animal responses. However, the design of such social robots is challeng...

The TacTip Family: Soft Optical Tactile Sensors with 3D-Printed Biomimetic Morphologies.

Soft robotics
Tactile sensing is an essential component in human-robot interaction and object manipulation. Soft sensors allow for safe interaction and improved gripping performance. Here we present the TacTip family of sensors: a range of soft optical tactile sen...

Cholesterol imprinted composite membranes for selective cholesterol recognition from intestinal mimicking solution.

Colloids and surfaces. B, Biointerfaces
Molecularly imprinted polymers which have been extensively investigated as selective adsorbents were constructed using a template molecule during the polymerization to gain template-specific cavities. In this study, we prepared cholesterol imprinted ...

Infrared actuation-induced simultaneous reconfiguration of surface color and morphology for soft robotics.

Scientific reports
Cephalopods, such as cuttlefish, demonstrate remarkable adaptability to the coloration and texture of their surroundings by modulating their skin color and surface morphology simultaneously, for the purpose of adaptive camouflage and signal communica...

Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Artificial muscles hold promise for safe and powerful actuation for myriad common machines and robots. However, the design, fabrication, and implementation of artificial muscles are often limited by their material costs, operating principle, scalabil...