AIMC Topic: Biomimetics

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A wing-flapping robot with a bio-inspired folding mechanism derived from the beetle's hind wing.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
When the beetle lands on the target, the hind wings fold regularly to form smaller wing packages and are hidden on the ventral side of the elytra due to the interaction between the elytra and abdomen. Its complex folding pattern is attributed to the ...

Locomotion design of transverse ledge brachiation robot with active wrist joint for lateral posture compensation.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
A transverse ledge brachiation robot is designed to move transversely along a ledge on a vertical wall by generating energy from the swinging motion of its lower limbs. This method reduces the force required by the upper limbs to propel the robot for...

Bioinspired design of a tissue-engineered ray with machine learning.

Science robotics
In biomimetic design, researchers recreate existing biological structures to form functional devices. For biohybrid robotic swimmers assembled with tissue engineering, this is problematic because most devices operate at different length scales than t...

Resilience of hierarchical actuators highlighted by a myosin-to-muscle mock-up.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Skeletal muscle is the main actuator of various families of vertebrates (mammals, fish, reptiles). It displays remarkable robustness to micro-damage, that supposedly originates both from its redundant hierarchical structure and its nervous command. A...

Design and experiments of a humanoid torso based on biological features.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Among the components of a humanoid robot, a humanoid torso plays a vital role in supporting a humanoid robot to complete the desired motions. In this paper, a new LARMbot torso is developed to obtain better working performance based on biological fea...

Inspired by the growth behavior of plants: biomimetic soft robots that just meet the requirements of use.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Soft robots are usually manufactured using the pouring method and can only be configured with a fixed execution area, which often faces the problem of insufficient or wasteful performance in real-world applications, and cannot be reused for other tas...

Simultaneous Isotropic Omnidirectional Hypersensitive Strain Sensing and Deep Learning-Assisted Direction Recognition in a Biomimetic Stretchable Device.

Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Omnidirectional strain sensing and direction recognition ability are features of the human tactile sense, essential to address the intricate and dynamic requirements of real-world applications. Most of the current strain sensors work by converting un...

Modeling and control of a sperm-inspired robot with helical propulsion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
Efficient propulsion has been a central focus of research in the field of biomimetic underwater vehicles. Compared to the prevalent fish-like reciprocating flapping propulsion mode, the sperm-like helical propulsion mode features higher efficiency an...

Visual collective behaviors on spherical robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
The implementation of collective motion, traditionally, disregard the limited sensing capabilities of an individual, to instead assuming an omniscient perception of the environment. This study implements a visual flocking model in a 'robot-in-the-loo...

Tailless control of a four-winged flapping-wing micro air vehicle with wing twist modulation.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics
This paper describes the tailless control system design of a flapping-wing micro air vehicle in a four-winged configuration, which can provide high control authority to be stable and agile in flight conditions from hovering to maneuvering flights. Th...