Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab
The Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab is a part of the Contextual Robotics Institute at the University of California, San Diego. Their research focuses on borrowing inspiration from nature to design automated systems with lifelike capabilities. For example, inspired by creatures like the […]
New nanostructured materials inspired by the biomaterials are created all the time. In this case, a new hollow aurilave-like carbon was created, inspired by the natural spores of Lycoperdon Boavista (SLBs). This new material is “co-doped” in nitrogen and oxygen, and has high performance in sodium-ion batteries and supercapacitors due to […]
A team at Lehigh University, led by MechE professor Keith W. Moored, examined the fluid mechanics of cetacean propulsion. They developed a model to quantitatively predict how the motions of the fin should be tailored to its shape to maximize its efficiency. Their findings may be extremely influential in the design […]
Bio-inspired design is showing up in technology projects big and small, from telescopes inspired by lobster eyes to see more of space to swellable microneedle arrays that provide safer skin grafts, based on an insect with a similar swellable proboscis. Here is a look at how bio-inspired design is finding its […]
In a new study, researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) took advantage of the natural oceanographic gradient in the Gulf of California to study the effects of variable oxygen levels and temperatures on demersal fish communities […]
Clingfish biology inspires better suction cup
A team of engineers and marine biologists built a better suction cup inspired by the mechanism that allows the clingfish to adhere to both smooth and rough surfaces. Researchers reverse engineered the clingfish’s suction disk and developed devices that cling well to wet and dry objects both in an out of […]
It was previously believed that each year after their feeding season, whales would migrate over 18,000 kilometers from cold, polar waters to warm, tropical seas so that they could give birth away from predators. After a new study, however, scientists now believe that the true reason for why whales migrate is […]
Competition: Biomimicry Global Design Challenge, Biomimicry Institute, Global
The Biomimicry Institute invites students and professionals worldwide to participate in the 2020 Biomimicry Global Design Challenge to create viable solutions inspired by nature that address the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Challenge aims to mobilize thousands to look to life on our planet as […]
Rapidly running arthropods like cockroaches make use of passive dynamics to achieve remarkable locomotion performance with regard to stability, speed, and maneuverability. In this work, we take inspiration from these organisms to design, fabricate, and control a 10cm, 24 gram underactuated hexapedal robot capable of running at 14 body lengths per […]
Ling Li, assistant professor of mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, developed an armor based on the scales of mollusks. These scales developed to provide both flexibility and protection. Dr. Li and his team fabricated a synthetic flexible scaled armor analog using parametric computational modeling and multi-material […]
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