2024 October - 71 articles
This study compares bio-inspired optimization algorithms for enhancing an ANN-based Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) forecast system under partial shading conditions in photovoltaic systems. Four algorithms—grey wolf optimizer (GWO), particl...
The high dimensionality of large datasets can severely impact the data mining process. Therefore, feature selection becomes an essential preprocessing stage, aimed at reducing the dimensionality of the dataset by selecting the most informative featur...
The UAV path planning algorithm has many applications in urban environments, where an effective algorithm can enhance the efficiency of UAV tasks. The main concept of UAV path planning is to find the optimal flight path while avoiding collisions. Thi...
Spiking neural networks (SNNs), using action potentials (spikes) to represent and transmit information, are more biologically plausible than traditional artificial neural networks. However, most of the existing SNNs require a separate preprocessing s...
Nanomedicine, leveraging the unique properties of nanoparticles, has revolutionized the diagnosis and treatment of neurological diseases. Among various nanotechnological advancements, ultrasound-mediated drug delivery using micro- and nanobubbles off...
Artificial antireflective nanostructured surfaces, inspired by moth eyes, effectively reduce optical losses at interfaces, offering significant advantages in enhancing optical performance in various optoelectronic applications, including solar cells,...
In this paper, we present a two-phase multimodal optimization model designed to efficiently and accurately identify multiple optima. The first phase employs a population-based search algorithm to locate potential optima, while the second phase introd...
The in-plane folding wing is one of the important research directions in the field of morphing or bionic aircraft, showing the unique application value of enhancing aircraft maneuverability and gust resistance. This article provides a structural real...
This work focuses on biohybrid systems—plants with biosensors and actuating mechanisms that enhance the ability of biological organisms to control environmental parameters, to optimize growth conditions or to cope with stress factors. Biofeedba...
This research aims to enhance the surface quality, mechanical properties, and biocompatibility of PEEK (polyether–ether–ketone) biomimetic dental implants through laser polishing. The objective is to improve osseointegration and implant d...
This paper introduces an enhanced Whale Optimization Algorithm, named the Multi-Swarm Improved Spiral Whale Optimization Algorithm (MISWOA), designed to address the shortcomings of the traditional Whale Optimization Algorithm (WOA) in terms of global...
Soft pneumatic actuators/robotics have received significant interest in the medical and health fields, due to their intrinsic elasticity and simple control strategies for enabling desired interactions. However, current soft hand pneumatic exoskeleton...
Glaucoma represents a significant global contributor to blindness. Accurately segmenting the optic disc (OD) and optic cup (OC) to obtain precise CDR is essential for effective screening. However, existing convolutional neural network (CNN)-based seg...
Biomimetics is the science of imitating nature’s designs and processes to create innovative solutions for various fields, including dentistry and craniofacial reconstruction. In these areas, biomimetics involves drawing inspiration from living...
This article presents a numerical study on the 2D aerodynamic characteristics of an airfoil with a morphed camber. The operational regime of the main rotor blade of the IAR 330 PUMA helicopter was encompassed in CFD simulations, performed over an ang...
Based on bee foraging behaviour, the Bees Algorithm (BA) is an optimisation metaheuristic algorithm which has found many applications in both the continuous and combinatorial domains. The original version of the Bees Algorithm has six user-selected p...
This study proposes a new wheel-leg mechanism concept and formulations for the kinematics and dynamics of a stair-climbing robot utilizing the rotating leg locomotion of curved spokes and rolling tires. The system consists of four motor-driven tires...
Feature selection (FS) is a pivotal technique in big data analytics, aimed at mitigating redundant information within datasets and optimizing computational resource utilization. This study introduces an enhanced zebra optimization algorithm (ZOA), te...
Flight-by-feel (FBF) is an approach to flight control that uses dispersed sensors on the wings of aircraft to detect flight state. While biological FBF systems, such as the wings of insects, often contain hundreds of strain and flow sensors, artifici...
The increasing occurrence of hot summer days causes stress to both humans and animals, particularly in urban areas where temperatures can remain high, even at night. Living nature offers potential solutions that require minimal energy and material co...
Future humanoid robots will be widely deployed in our daily lives. Motion planning and control in an unstructured, confined, and human-centered environment utilizing dexterity and a cooperative ability of dual-arm robots is still an open issue. We pr...
Bionic multi-legged robots with flexible bodies embody human ingenuity in imitating, learning, and exploring the natural world. In contrast to rigid-body robots, these robots with flexible bodies exhibit superior locomotive capabilities. The flexible...
The inverse kinematics of robotic manipulators involves determining an appropriate joint configuration to achieve a specified end-effector position. This problem is challenging because the inverse kinematics of manipulators are highly nonlinear and c...
In order to improve the walking stability of a biped robot in multiple scenarios and reduce the complexity of the Central Pattern Generator (CPG) model, a new CPG walking controller based on multivariate linear mapping was proposed. At first, in orde...
Geckos are renowned for their exceptional climbing abilities, enabled by their specialized feet with hairy toes that attach to surfaces using van der Waals forces. Inspired by these capabilities, various gecko-like robots have been developed for high...
Nanocellulose is considered a promising and sustainable biomaterial, with excellent properties of biorenewability with improved mechanical properties. As a unique natural biopolymer, it has been applied to many different industries, where efficient a...
This study addresses the problem that the traditional method is not effective in improving the adsorption performance of vacuum suckers. From the perspective of bionics, the adsorption performance of bionic suckers based on the excellent adsorption o...
Dung beetle leg joints exhibit a remarkable capacity to support substantial loads, which is a capability significantly influenced by their surface microstructure. The exploration of biomimetic designs inspired by the surface microstructure of these j...
This study aimed to identify whether the combined use of functional electrical stimulation (FES) reduces the motor torque of a gait exercise rehabilitation robot in spinal cord injury (SCI) and to verify the effectiveness of the developed automatic a...
Kinematics, kinetics and biomechanics of human gait are widely investigated fields of research. The biomechanics of locomotion have been described as characterizing muscle activations and synergistic control, i.e., spatial and temporal patterns of co...
Moving in straight lines is a behaviour that enables organisms to search for food, move away from threats, and ultimately seek suitable environments in which to survive and reproduce. This study explores a vision-based technique for detecting a chang...
Simultaneous and cooperative muscle activation results in involuntary posture stabilization in vertebrates. However, the mechanism through which more muscles than joints contribute to this stabilization remains unclear. We developed a computational h...
Snakes can move freely on land, in lakes, and in other environments. During movement, the scales are in long-term contact with the external environment, providing protection to the body. In this study, we evaluated the mechanical properties and scrat...
Stroke often causes neuromotor disabilities, impacting index finger function in daily activities. Due to the role of repetitive, even passive, finger movements in neuromuscular re-education and spasticity control, this study aims to design a rehabili...
In recent years, deep learning-based approaches, particularly those leveraging the Transformer architecture, have garnered widespread attention for network traffic anomaly detection. However, when dealing with noisy data sets, directly inputting netw...
In light of recent global crises, including climate change, species extinction, the COVID-19 pandemic, social upheavals and energy supply challenges, this Special Issue of Biomimetics, entitled “Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series:...
To facilitate the intelligent classification of unmanned highway toll stations, selecting effective and useful features is pivotal. This process involves achieving a tradeoff between the number of features and the classification accuracy while also r...
The Agile Robotics for Industrial Automation Competition (ARIAC) was established to advance flexible manufacturing, aiming to increase the agility of robotic assembly systems in unstructured and dynamic industrial environments. ARIAC 2023 introduced...
The wheel hub is an important component of the wheel, and a good hub design can significantly improve vehicle handling, stability, and braking performance, ensuring safe driving. This article optimized the hub structure through morphological aspects,...
The precision of robotic manipulators in the industrial or medical field is very important, especially when it comes to repetitive or exhaustive tasks. Geometric deformations are the most common in this field. For this reason, new robotic vision tech...
Breast cancer remains a global health problem requiring effective diagnostic methods for early detection, in order to achieve the World Health Organization’s ultimate goal of breast self-examination. A literature review indicates the urgency of...
Chitin, the second most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, is an important resource for biosourced materials. The global demand for chitin is rapidly increasing, however, the majority of industrial chitin is sourced from crustacean shells, which ma...
Strip steel surface defect recognition research has important research significance in industrial production. Aiming at the problems of defect feature extraction, slow detection speed, and insufficient datasets, YOLOv5 is improved on the basis of YOL...
Beetle femur–tibial joints can bear large loads, and the joint structure plays a crucial role. Differences in living habits will lead to differences in femur–tibial joint structure, resulting in different mechanical properties. Here, we d...
(1) Background: 3D printable materials with accurately defined iodine content enable the development and production of radiological phantoms that simulate human tissues, including lesions after contrast administration in medical imaging with X-rays....
The field of evolutionary multitasking optimization (EMTO) has been a highly anticipated research topic in recent years. EMTO aims to utilize evolutionary algorithms to concurrently solve complex problems involving multiple tasks. Despite considerabl...
Metaheuristic algorithms provide reliable and effective methods for solving challenging optimization problems. The snow ablation algorithm (SAO) performs favorably as a physics-based metaheuristic algorithm. Nevertheless, SAO has some shortcomings. S...
The whale optimization algorithm (WOA) is constructed on a whale’s bubble-net scavenging pattern and emulates encompassing prey, bubble-net devouring prey, and stochastic capturing for prey to establish the global optimal values. Nevertheless,...
(1) Exoskeletons offer potential benefits for overhead working tasks, but gender effects or differences are unclear. This study aimed to compare the performance as well as subjective body strain and comfort of men and women using an upper-body exoske...
Origami, the art of paper folding, has long fascinated researchers and designers in its potential to replicate and tap the complexity of nature. In this paper, we pursue the crossing of origami engineering structures and biology, the realm of biologi...
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