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Tactile soft-sparse mean fluid-flow imaging with a robotic whisker array.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Aug 4, 2015
An array of whiskers is critical to many mammals to survive in their environment. However, current engineered systems generally employ vision, radar or sonar to explore the surroundings, not having sufficiently benefited from tactile perception. Insp...
Vibrissae Humans Touch Animals Transducers, Pressure Tomography Environmental Monitoring Robotics Equipment Design Biomimetics Rheology Equipment Failure Analysis
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A miniature surface tension-driven robot using spatially elliptical moving legs to mimic a water strider's locomotion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Aug 4, 2015
The highly agile and efficient water-surface locomotion of the water strider has stimulated substantial interest in biomimetic research. In this paper, we propose a new miniature surface tension-driven robot inspired by the water strider. A key featu...
Humans Animals Computer-Aided Design Surface Tension Equipment Failure Analysis Leg Energy Transfer Robotics Equipment Design Walking Biomimetics
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An improved quasi-steady aerodynamic model for insect wings that considers movement of the center of pressure.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 30, 2015
A quasi-steady aerodynamic model in consideration of the center of pressure (C.P.) was developed for insect flight. A dynamically scaled-up robotic hawkmoth wing was used to obtain the translational lift, drag, moment and rotational force coefficient...
Aircraft Models, Biological Motion Shear Strength Biomimetics Computer Simulation Rheology Animals Stress, Mechanical Wings, Animal Equipment Failure Analysis Robotics Pressure Moths Equipment Design Flight, Animal
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Dynamics of underwater legged locomotion: modeling and experiments on an octopus-inspired robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 30, 2015
This paper studies underwater legged locomotion (ULL) by means of a robotic octopus-inspired prototype and its associated model. Two different types of propulsive actions are embedded into the robot model: reaction forces due to leg contact with the ...
Extremities Octopodiformes Immersion Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological Ships Biomimetics Swimming Equipment Failure Analysis Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design
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Exploring Host-Microbiome Interactions using an in Silico Model of Biomimetic Robots and Engineered Living Cells.

Scientific reports Jul 16, 2015
The microbiome's underlying dynamics play an important role in regulating the behavior and health of its host. In order to explore the details of these interactions, we created an in silico model of a living microbiome, engineered with synthetic biol...
Host-Pathogen Interactions Cells Genetic Engineering Robotics Models, Biological Microbiota Biomimetics Computer Simulation
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Development of a self-healing soft pneumatic actuator: a first concept.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 7, 2015
Inspired by the intrinsic softness and the corresponding embodied intelligence principles, soft pneumatic actuators (SPA) have been developed, which ensure safe interaction in unstructured, unknown environments. Due to their intrinsic softness, these...
Materials Testing Biomimetics Pressure Biomimetic Materials Robotics Equipment Design Polymers Equipment Failure Analysis Humans Animals Pilot Projects Wound Healing Muscle, Skeletal
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Characterization of running with compliant curved legs.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jul 7, 2015
Running with compliant curved legs involves the progression of the center of pressure, the changes of both the leg's stiffness and effective rest length, and the shift of the location of the maximum stress point along the leg. These phenomena are pro...
Robotics Physical Exertion Equipment Design Gait Humans Computer Simulation Animals Stress, Mechanical Equipment Failure Analysis Leg Elastic Modulus Models, Biological Running Biomimetics
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Controlling legs for locomotion-insights from robotics and neurobiology.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jun 29, 2015
Walking is the most common terrestrial form of locomotion in animals. Its great versatility and flexibility has led to many attempts at building walking machines with similar capabilities. The control of walking is an active research area both in neu...
Biomimetics Models, Neurological Humans Leg Muscle Contraction Feedback Muscle, Skeletal Locomotion Feedback, Physiological Robotics Animals Equipment Failure Analysis Neurobiology Equipment Design
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Terradynamically streamlined shapes in animals and robots enhance traversability through densely cluttered terrain.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jun 22, 2015
Many animals, modern aircraft, and underwater vehicles use fusiform, streamlined body shapes that reduce fluid dynamic drag to achieve fast and effective locomotion in air and water. Similarly, numerous small terrestrial animals move through cluttere...
Models, Biological Biomimetics Spatial Navigation Locomotion Animals Computer Simulation Body Size Robotics Gait
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Towards highly-tuned mobility in multiple domains with a dynamical legged platform.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Jun 16, 2015
As mobile robots become more commonly utilized in everyday applications, the tasks they are given will often require them to quickly traverse unprepared and varied environments. While traditional mobile platforms may falter under such conditions, ani...
Locomotion Equipment Failure Analysis Extremities Physical Exertion Equipment Design Models, Biological Biomimetics Computer Simulation Animals Robotics
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