Biologically inspired design is attracting increasing interest since it offers access to a huge biological repository of well proven design principles that can be used for developing new and innovative products. Biological phenomena can inspire product innovation in as diverse areas as mechanical […]

This paper looks into biologically inspired CNN subroutines and nature inspired algorithms that can be used to classify data, and process and recognize images.

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Most studies on animal personality evaluate individual mean behaviour to describe individual behavioural strategy, while often neglecting behavioural variability on the within-individual level. However, within-individual behavioural plasticity (variation induced by environment) and within-individual residual variation (regulatory behavioural precision) are recognized as biologically valid components of individual behaviour, but the evolutionary ecology […]

Professor Brainerd and her research group combine anatomical studies of the musculoskeletal system with principles and techniques from engineering to understand the mechanical basis of movement in animals. Current projects include: biomechanics of the temporomandibular joint, muscle architecture, intercostal muscle function, and the development of a new 3D imaging technology, X-ray […]

As part of the Design Field Notes series, Berkeley architecture associate professor M. Paz Gutierrez joined Jacobs Hall for its annual Fall Talks. In her talk, she shared her genre-bending projects, which often draw from nature for inspiration and materials. Explaining that she […]

Hannah Stuart is a researcher in the Mechanical Engineering Department at UC Berkeley. She focuses on improving robot dexterity by designing novel grippers, hands and exoskeletons. She also focuses on bioinspired manipulation strategies. Her interest in robot dexterity comes from its variety in application, which includes remote exploration, search-and-rescue, and human […]

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering is a cross-disciplinary research institute at Harvard University which focuses on developing bioinspired materials and devices for applications in healthcare and sustainability. The Wyss Institute was launched in January 2009 with a $125 million gift to Harvard—at the time, the largest single philanthropic gift […]

Festo, an industrial provider of pneumatics and electrical automation technology, is also known for its Bionic Learning Network. The company strives to mimic and learn from nature. They mimic the locomotion of various animals to gain insight on better approaches to tasks difficult for traditional robots. This innovation mimics the manta […]

Scientists designed and connected two different artificial cells to each other to produce molecules called ATP (adenosine triphosphate). ATP is the fundamental unit that all living things use to carry and provide energy to run processes in cells. The scientists developed one group of artificial cells that generates protons when it […]

The research focus of this lab, headed by David Zarrouk, is the modeling, designing, and manufacturing of unique robots. This includes miniature crawling robots and serial crawling robots for search & rescue applications, space, maintenance, agricultural and medical purposes. They specialize in designing minimally actuated robots that are easy to control […]

Biology professor and marine biologist Kelly Sutherland from the University of Oregon has been awarded $1.1 million over three years from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The project she is working on focuses on how jellyfish must work together to swim in the ocean. She is also working with other […]

Abstract Fish are a potentially rich source of inspiration for the design of smart materials. Fish exemplify the use of flexible materials to generate forces during locomotion, and a hallmark of fish functional design is the use of body and fin deformation to power propulsion and maneuvering. As a result of […]

The use of bio-inspiration to create new products and devices requires the development of new design tools and manufacturing technologies, as well as the education of students capable of using them. This paper explores education tools that emphasize bio-inspired product realization. This paper provides an overview of educational technologies and describes […]

In this article, researchers at the Department of Genetics and Biotechnology in the Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences, remark their findings of nuclear transfer cloning. They discuss Dolly, the first cloned sheep, and the egg cloning techniques that they used to produce Dolly. There are also many […]

Adhesives, including bio-inspired ones that mimic gecko feet and octopus suckers, are not yet practical for mass production. To develop a better alternative, Xi Chen and Tetsushi Taguchi turned to a polymer, poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA), which is not irritating to the skin and is currently used in some wound dressings, […]

Hao Yan studied chemistry at Shandong University, China. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry under Professor N. C. Seeman, New York University in 2001. Following a period as an Assistant Research Professor at Duke University in the Computer Science department, he joined Arizona State University as Assistant Professor in Department of […]

The BioMimicry Research and Innovation Center (BRIC) at the University of Akron is dedicated to using interdisciplinary research projects to catalyze biomimicry-based innovation. This innovation center connects artists, designers, business people, engineers and scientists to draw inspiration from diverse organisms. Beyond research, BRIC offers training by developing […]

Abstract: “Biological metal-organic frameworks (bioMOFs) are a new subclass of the MOF family. In comparison with traditional MOFs, the bioMOFs are made of multifunctional biologically related ligands (bio-ligand) and metal ions. The bio-ligands confer biological compatibility for traditional MOFs, thus providing many opportunities for a wide array of biological applications. This […]