This research paper explores the possibility of using design ideas taken from the sea urchins’ mouth to build ground biopsy harvesters. Called Aristotle’s lantern, the mouth of sea urchins are composed of five calcium carbonate teeth that are arranged in a dome-like foundation. This shape that has the teeth protrude outwards when open and vice versa when closed, works to effectively chew and scrape against the rocky ocean floor in which they reside in. Due to the unique and powerful ability of sea urchins’ mouth/teeth, humans have discovered a new source of bio-inspiration that has since led to the creation of a sediment sampler. The rest of this article contains the basic procedures in going further into researching the sea urchins’ mouths, the bio-inspired design, other biological explorations, and lastly results from these experiments.
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