2026 April - 67 articles
Kappa-carrageenan (κ-CRG) forms thermo-reversible physical hydrogels via a coil–helix transition and helix bundling, but its sulfate-driven electrostatic repulsion limits mechanical robustness and control over aqueous disintegration. Here...
The goal of the present paper is to apply a novel biomimetic design strategy for the analysis, emulation, and technical evaluation of design solutions inspired by the morphogenetic logic of the walnut shell microstructure. The shell consists of speci...
Automatic modulation recognition (AMR) is increasingly relevant to communication-sensing front ends in robotic and human–robot collaborative systems, where reliable spectrum awareness and adaptive wireless reception are desired. However, existi...
In response to the decline in population diversity, the imbalance between exploration and exploitation, and the low convergence efficiency in the middle and later stages of the Red-billed Blue Magpie Optimizer (RBMO) when addressing complex optimizat...
Collaborative operation of heterogeneous UAV swarms in dense urban environments remains challenging because right-of-way allocation is often rigid, frequent replanning consumes considerable onboard computation, and paths obtained by purely mathematic...
In-pipe robots must navigate narrow, curved passages where rigid mechanisms often require bulky steering units. Soft crawlers offer better compliance but typically rely on multiple actuators or reconfigurable contacts to achieve multi-directional mot...
Efficient mixing is a persistent bottleneck in agricultural and agrochemical processing, where rapid and uniform mixing must be achieved under laminar flow with low energy input and gentle shear. Inspired by peristaltic transport in biological system...
Autonomous traversal flight in unknown 3D environments remains challenging due to mapping bottlenecks and computational latency. Inspired by pigeons navigating cluttered forests through instantaneous visual perception rather than constructing global...
In air jet looms, relay nozzles are critical components in governing airflow velocity and air consumption during the weft insertion process. Although computational fluid dynamics (CFD) offers high-fidelity simulation for aerodynamic analysis, its com...
This study investigated the radiopacity, elemental composition, cytotoxicity, and cytokine responses of contemporary calcium silicate-based cements containing different radiopacifiers. Four cement materials (NeoMTA2, NeoPUTTY, TheraCal PT, and One-Fi...
This study determines the feasible regions of nozzle temperature, extrusion pressure, and printing speed in extrusion-based printing using an acellular sodium alginate–carboxymethylcellulose–collagen I bioink. The tested range of nozzle t...
Humanoid upper-limb robots are an important direction in biomimetic robotics, and inverse kinematics is a key technique for achieving human-like coordinated operation. However, existing inverse kinematics methods for bimanual trajectory tracking ofte...
The mechanism by which fish enhance hydrodynamic performance through collective swimming is a research hotspot in the field of underwater bionic robots. This study employs the Immersed Boundary-Lattice Boltzmann Method (IB-LBM) to conduct numerical s...
Planar honeycomb structures, especially biomimetic hexagonal honeycombs, are widely used in energy-absorbing equipment because of their excellent out-of-plane deformation resistance. However, their significant mechanical anisotropy, manifested by the...
Mechano-sorptive phenomena (MSP) refer to the coupled mechanical response of polymers under simultaneous mechanical stress and fluid sorption. The most researched MSP are environmental stress cracking (ESC) and mechano-sorptive creep (MSC). ESC initi...
Currently, silicone is a common material used in medical research and biomedical applications. This research aims to characterize extra-soft platinum silicone (shore A 00 50) and compare its mechanical behavior with that of the human thoracic aorta....
This study addresses the urgent need for sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics by developing biodegradable composites from peach and apple processing waste employing hot compression molding. Utilizing a definitive screening design, the impa...
To facilitate the practical deployment and engineering implementation of multi-robot coordination for biomimetic underwater spherical robots (BUSRs), it is imperative to develop a formation tracking control method with a simple structure, a small num...
To address the key challenges in fire evacuation path planning, such as the tendency to converge to local optima, unbalanced computational efficiency, and suboptimal path quality, this study proposes the enhanced Hiking Optimization Algorithm of Diff...
Friction pairs in wet clutches operate under complex conditions, which can cause surface damage and reduce overall clutch reliability. Surface texturing is an established technique for improving the tribological performance of such mechanical interfa...
As an innovative metaheuristic algorithm, Genghis Khan Shark Optimization (GKSO) faces challenges, including a tendency towards local optima and poor convergence speed and accuracy. To mitigate these limitations, an improved Genghis Khan shark optimi...
Lubricants are essential for water-based drilling fluids. Catechol-based lubricants provide improved lubrication performance owing to their strong adhesion ability through the formation of coordination bonds inspired by mussel adhesion. However, the...
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become widely used tools for different applications including surveillance, search and rescue, and package delivery. However, autonomous path planning in dynamic environments with moving obstacles, wind disturbanc...
This study investigates the effective translation of complex biological principles into viable engineering solutions within the field of biomimetic design. A critical challenge in current research is the “fuzzy front end” bridging initial...
Molecular engineering has traditionally followed a structure–function paradigm based on well-defined, folded architectures. However, intrinsically disordered proteins and regions (IDPs/IDRs) reveal that nature also exploits disorder as a functi...
In the biodegradable metal class, Mg-based alloys are considered the most promising candidates for temporary implant manufacture. However, their high corrosion rate in physiological media is considered a main drawback for clinical translation. Conver...
Weak alternating electric fields are widely used in neuromodulation techniques such as transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS), yet the precise biophysical mechanisms underlying neuronal responses remain incompletely understood. Current c...
Legged robots are widely used for walking, running, jumping, and landing on the ground. As mission terrains become increasingly complex, legged robots with greater adaptability are required. However, limited research attention has been paid to enhanc...
This paper introduces a Hybrid Tyrannosaurus Rex Optimization Algorithm (Hybrid TROA) combined with Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS), two variations of the Path Relinking strategy, and a randomized Nawaz–Enscore–Ham (NEH) heuristic to a...
The rational design and regulation of interfacial microenvironments represents an effective strategy for enhancing reaction performance. Previous studies have demonstrated that constructing air–liquid–solid triphase interfaces can substan...
Understanding knee kinematics during gait is essential for the design of prostheses, orthoses, and biomimetic mechanisms. In many biomechanical analyses, tibiofemoral motion is simplified to the sagittal plane, allowing the locus of the instantaneous...
Accurate inverse kinematics for rehabilitation robotic arms remains challenging because of strong nonlinearity, multiple feasible joint configurations, and strict joint-limit constraints. Inspired by the cooperative construction, adaptive exploration...
Large animal models are a critical component of the preclinical evaluation of mechanical cardiac implants, enabling assessment of safety and performance under physiological conditions that cannot be adequately reproduced in vitro. Choosing a suitable...
To meet daily grasping needs under lightweight, low-complexity wearable constraints, this study proposes an underactuated multi-finger prosthetic hand with transmission–control co-design to achieve predictable multi-joint synergies and stable g...
Biomimetics in dental restorative materials has gradually shifted from simply copying the appearance of natural teeth to better understanding how those tissues actually behave. Instead of focusing only on aesthetics, there is now more attention on ho...
Accurate temperature regulation is essential for ensuring product quality, operational safety, and energy efficiency in industrial electric furnace systems. However, the inherent thermal inertia, time-delay effects, and nonlinear dynamics of furnace...
Metaheuristic optimization algorithms have attracted considerable research interest for solving complex optimization problems, yet many existing algorithms suffer from premature convergence and an inadequate balance between exploration and exploitati...
Biological systems regulate motion and suppress unwanted vibrations through learning, adaptation, and predictive control under uncertainty. Inspired by these principles, Bayesian system identification has emerged as a powerful framework for modeling...
Inspired by the Bouligand helicoidal architecture of the dactyl club of the peacock mantis shrimp, this study employed direct ink writing (DIW) 3D printing to construct a three-level synergistic toughening system composed of nano-SiO2, microscale fla...
The sternum protects the intrathoracic organs and contributes to chest wall mechanics, which makes reconstruction after tumor resection, trauma, or infection a demanding biomechanical problem. This study presents an in silico workflow for preselectin...
Micro air vehicles (MAVs) operating at low Reynolds numbers face aerodynamic and structural challenges that differ significantly from those encountered by conventional aircrafts. Nature provides effective solutions to these constraints, as insects, b...
Glass ionomer cements (GICs) are considered functionally biomimetic as they participate in ion-exchange processes that partially resemble the behavior of natural enamel and dentin, chemically bond to dental hard tissues, and release fluoride. While G...
Inspired by the erosion-resistant dorsal armor of the desert scorpion, this study developed biomimetic ZTA ceramic composites with enhanced resistance to solid particle erosion. Three biomimetic configurations, namely convex-bump (CH-O), convex-curve...
Multilevel threshold image segmentation is a key task in image processing, yet it faces challenges such as low search efficiency in high-dimensional spaces, difficulty in balancing segmentation accuracy and stability, and insufficient adaptability to...
Understanding how geometry governs interfacial contact and material removal is central to designing efficient bioinspired surface systems. Gastropod radular teeth form natural arrays of microscale cutting elements optimized for repeated interaction w...
Intelligent parking systems have been recognized as a core technological intervention for resolving parking garage shortages and advancing traffic safety. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to generate a smooth, accurate, and optimal parking trajec...
Computational models of the MLG1 neurons in crab Neohelice granulata have been developed to detect and spatially localize looming stimuli. However, existing models suffer from significant performance degradation in dim scenarios, primarily due to vis...
This paper develops an intelligent Enhanced Starfish Optimization (ESFO) algorithm for optimizing a secure wireless communication infrastructure. The Starfish Optimization (SFO) algorithm is inspired by starfish biology, using the integrated modeling...
This paper proposes a Black Kite Algorithm (BKA)-based hyperparameter optimization method for Artificial Neural Network (ANN) training, mitigating local minimum issues associated with conventional training techniques. The resulting BKA-ANN model is t...
Orthoses are widely used to support or modulate neuromuscular and skeletal function; however, their clinical effectiveness is often limited by discomfort, poor adaptability, and suboptimal human–device interaction. Biomimetics has emerged as a...
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