Flytrap-inspired robot using structurally integrated actuation based on bistability and a developable surface.

abstract：:The finite element modeling (FEM) space reported here contains the head of a simulated whale based on CT data sets as well as physical measurements of sound-propagation characteristics of actual tissue samples. Simulated sound sources placed inside and outside of an adult male Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostri...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Cranford TW,Krysl P,Hildebrand JA

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work pursues a feedforward control algorithm for high-speed legged locomotion over uneven terrain. Being able to rapidly negotiate uneven terrain without visual or a priori information about the terrain will allow legged systems to be used in time-critical applications and alongside fast-moving humans or vehicles...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Palmer LR 3rd,Eaton CE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Research on quadrupedal robots inspired by canids or felids have been widely reported and demonstrated. However, none of these legged robots can deal with difficult environments that include water, such as small lakes, streams, rain, mud, flooded terrain, etc. In this paper, we present for the first time a kinematic a...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Li Y,Fish F,Chen Y,Ren T,Zhou J

更新日期：2019-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Legged animals exhibit adaptive and resilient locomotion through interlimb coordination. The long-term goal of this study is to clarify the relationship between the number of legs and the inherent decentralized control mechanism for interlimb coordination. As a preliminary step, the study focuses on millipedes as they...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Kano T,Sakai K,Yasui K,Owaki D,Ishiguro A

更新日期：2017-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerical simulations are conducted to investigate the influences of a solid wall on the self-propelled swimming of a flexible plunging foil. It is found that the presence of a solid wall enhances the cruising speed, with the cost of increasing input power. Rigid foil can achieve high percentage increase in cruising s...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Dai L,He G,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-07-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuronal stimulation is an intricate part of understanding insect flight behavior and control insect itself. In this study, we investigated the effects of electrical pulses applied to the brain and basalar muscle of the rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus). To understand specific neuronal stimulation mechanisms, ...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Van Truong T,Byun D,Lavine LC,Emlen DJ,Park HC,Kim MJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clap-and-fling effect, first observed in a number of insects, serves as a lift-enhancing mechanism for bio-inspired flapping wing micro aerial vehicles (MAV). In our comprehensive literature survey, we observe that the effect manifests differently in insects and contemporary MAVs; insects have active control over ...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Jadhav SS,Lua KB,Tay WB

更新日期：2019-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Nacre-mimetic epoxy matrix composites reinforced with readily available micron-sized high aspect ratio C-glass flakes were fabricated by a relatively simple, single-step, scalable, time, cost and man-power effective processing strategy: hot-press assisted slip casting (HASC). HASC enables the fabrication of preferenti...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Guner SN,Dericioglu AF

更新日期：2016-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is the biomimetic optimisation of branched fibre-reinforced composites based on the detailed analysis of biological concept generators. The methods include analyses of the functional morphology and biomechanics of arborescent monocotyledons and columnar cacti as well as measurements and modelling...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Masselter T,Hesse L,Böhm H,Gruhl A,Schwager H,Leupold J,Gude M,Milwich M,Neinhuis C,Speck T

更新日期：2016-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Limitations in actuation, sensing, and computation have forced small legged robots to rely on carefully tuned, mechanically mediated leg trajectories for effective locomotion. Recent advances in manufacturing, however, have enabled in such robots the ability for operation at multiple stride frequencies using multi-deg...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Doshi N,Jayaram K,Castellanos S,Kuindersma S,Wood RJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swimming fish and flying insects use the flapping of fins and wings to generate thrust. In contrast, microscopic organisms typically deform their appendages in a wavelike fashion. Since a flapping motion with two degrees of freedom is able, in theory, to produce net forces from a time-periodic actuation at all Reynold...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Was L,Lauga E

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The noseleaf and pinnae of horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum) have both been shown to actively deform during biosonar operation. Since these baffle structures directly affect the properties of the animals biosonar system, this work mimics horseshoe bat sonar system with the goal of developing a platform to stu...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Caspers P,Müller R

更新日期：2018-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural fish have evolved with an excellent swimming performance after millions of years. Based on the flexible features of the pectoral fin, this paper focuses on the kinematics and hydrodynamics of the fin when fish are swimming stably in still water in labriform mode. The locomotion mechanism based on the morpholog...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Weng J,Zhu Y,Du X,Yang G,Hu D

更新日期：2019-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:We have proposed a bio-inspired gait modulation method, by means of which a simulated quadruped model can successfully perform smooth, autonomous gait transitions from a walk to a trot to a gallop, as observed in animals. The model is equipped with a rhythm generator called a central pattern generator (CPG) for each l...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Fukuoka Y,Fukino K,Habu Y,Mori Y

更新日期：2015-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In a lower extremity musculoskeletal leg, the actuation kinematics define the interaction of the actuators with each other and the environment. Design of such a kinematic chain is challenging due to the existence of the redundant biarticular actuators which simultaneously act on two joints, generating a parallel mecha...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Nejadfard A,Schütz S,Mianowski K,Vonwirth P,Berns K

更新日期：2019-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Marvelous vision based dynamic behaviors of insects and birds such as perching, landing, and obstacle avoidance have inspired scientists to propose the idea of time-to-contact, which is defined as the time for a moving observer to contact an object or surface if the current velocity is maintained. Since with only a vi...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Zhang H,Zhao J

更新日期：2017-01-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Performance metrics such as speed, cost of transport, and stability are the driving factors behind gait selection in legged locomotion. To help understand the effect of gait on the performance and dynamics of small-scale ambulation, we explore four quadrupedal gaits over a wide range of stride frequencies on a 1.43 g,...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Goldberg B,Doshi N,Jayaram K,Wood RJ

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the design, fabrication and locomotion of a starfish robot whose locomotion principle is derived from a starfish. The starfish robot has a number of tentacles or arms extending from its central body in the form of a disk, like the topology of a real starfish. The arm, which is a soft and composite...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Jin H,Dong E,Alici G,Mao S,Min X,Liu C,Low KH,Yang J

更新日期：2016-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we present a numerical model capable of solving the fluid-structure interaction problems involved in the dynamics of skeleton-reinforced fish fins. In this model, the fluid dynamics is simulated by solving the Navier-Stokes equations using a finite-volume method based on an overset, multi-block structur...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Shi G,Xiao Q,Zhu Q,Liao W

更新日期：2019-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe our research on bio-inspired locomotion systems using deformable structures and smart materials, concretely shape memory alloys (SMAs). These types of materials allow us to explore the possibility of building motor-less and gear-less robots. A swimming underwater fish-like robot has been dev...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Rossi C,Colorado J,Coral W,Barrientos A

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conducting polymer actuators based on polypyrrole are being developed for use in biorobotic fins that are designed to create and control forces like the pectoral fin of the bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). It is envisioned that trilayer bending actuators will be used within, and as, the fin's webbing to create ...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Tangorra J,Anquetil P,Fofonoff T,Chen A,Del Zio M,Hunter I

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intrinsic muscular properties of biological muscles are the main source of stabilization during locomotion, and superior biological performance is obtained with low energy costs. Man-made actuators struggle to reach the same energy efficiency seen in biological muscles. Here, we compare muscle properties within a ...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Rosendo A,Iida F

更新日期：2016-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Burst-and-coast swimming is an intermittent mode of locomotion used by various fish species. The intermittent gait has been associated with certain advantages such as stabilizing the visual field, improved sensing ability, and reduced energy expenditure. We investigate burst-coast swimming in rummy nose tetra fish (He...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Ashraf I,Van Wassenbergh S,Verma S

更新日期：2020-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Birds fly in dynamic flight conditions while maintaining aerodynamic efficiency. This agility is in part due to specialized feather systems that function as flow control devices during adverse conditions such as high-angle of attack maneuvers. In this paper, we present an engineered three-dimensional leading-edge devi...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Ito MR,Duan C,Wissa AA

更新日期：2019-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioinspiration-using insights into the function of biological systems for the development of new engineering concepts-is already a successful and rapidly growing field. However, only a small portion of the world's biodiversity has thus far been considered as a potential source for engineering inspiration. This means t...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Müller R,Abaid N,Boreyko JB,Fowlkes C,Goel AK,Grimm C,Jung S,Kennedy B,Murphy C,Cushing ND,Han JP

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive dynamic walking is a model that walks down a shallow slope without any control or input. This model has been widely used to investigate how humans walk with low energy consumption and provides design principles for energy-efficient biped robots. However, the basin of attraction is very small and thin and has a...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Okamoto K,Aoi S,Obayashi I,Kokubu H,Senda K,Tsuchiya K

更新日期：2020-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Burst-and-coast swimming performance in fish-like locomotion is studied via two-dimensional numerical simulation. The numerical method used is the collocated finite-volume adaptive Cartesian cut-cell method developed previously. The NACA00xx airfoil shape is used as an equilibrium fish-body form. Swimming in a burst-a...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Chung MH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electric fish are privileged animals for bio-inspiring man-built autonomous systems since they have a multimodal sense that allows underwater navigation, object classification and intraspecific communication. Although there are taxon dependent variations adapted to different environments, this multimodal system can be...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Caputi AA

更新日期：2017-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of human motor control, the motor synergy hypothesis explains how humans simplify body control dimensionality by coordinating groups of muscles, called motor synergies, instead of controlling muscles independently. In most applications of motor synergies to low-dimensional control in robotics, motor syner...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Fu KC,Dalla Libera F,Ishiguro H

更新日期：2015-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides an update on the neural control of bipedal walking in relation to bioinspired models and robots. It is argued that most current models or robots are based on the construct of a symmetrical central pattern generator (CPG). However, new evidence suggests that CPG functioning is basically asymmetrical...

journal_title：Bioinspiration & biomimetics

authors： Duysens J,Forner-Cordero A

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00