Posts by: GiancarloLeon
The notion of mimicking natural structures in the synthesis of new structural materials has generated enormous interest but has yielded few practical advances. Natural composites achieve strength and toughness through complex hierarchical designs that are extremely difficult to replicate synthetically. We emulate nature’s toughening mechanisms by combining […]
PatternFox was founded in 2016 by a group of leading international authorities in the field of biologically inspired design. With more than a decade of experience, PatternFox consulting enable clients to successfully apply biologically inspired design to a variety of problems faced by modern industry. Their unique process for implementing bio-inspired […]
The paper reviews a recent development in soft robotics. Soft materials in animals inspire a new wave of robotics. Current enabling technologies in soft robotics and challenges are discussed. Potential convergence between soft robotics and tissue engineering is introduced.
Growth of ice on surfaces poses a challenge for both organisms and for devices that come into contact with liquids below the freezing point. The authors hypothesized that surface texture provides protection from ice formation. To address if this is possible, they tested four candidate artificial surface […]
On the basis of past studies on the structures of beetle forewings, we have devised an approach to construct honeycomb plates in the form of an integrated body. We solve the problems encountered in the manufacturing processes, such as edge sealing and molding processes. Beginning with the knowledge that the forewing […]
The production of bioinspired and biomimetic constructs has fostered much collaboration between biologists and engineers, although the extent of biological accuracy employed in the designs produced has not always been a priority. Even the exact definitions of “bioinspired” and “biomimetic” differ among biologists, engineers, and industrial designers, leading to confusion regarding […]
This paper proposes a novel system-of-systems bio-inspired design method framed in a solution-driven bio-inspired design paradigm. The steps are elaborated and a case study of reconfigurable robots is presented following these eight steps. The design originates from the multimodal locomotion capabilities of two species (i.e., spiders and […]
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I imagine that the neurological circuits underlying these processes are governed by both 2d spacing maps with their brains as…
to reduce the impact of car accidents, it may be possible to study the force diverting physics of cockroaches to…
you see this type of head-bobbing stability in many avian creatures related to pigeons like chickens. the head ability to…
not like they taught horses how to run! this is an example of convergent evolution where both sea creatures and…
The brain functions in a similar way with neuronal connections. our brains are able to utilize the multiplicity of connections…