Bio-Inspired Approaches—a Leverage for Robotics
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2024 | Viewed by 15844
Special Issue Editors
Interests: parallel kinematic mechanisms; tensegrity; design optimization; bio-inspired locomotion; bio-mimetics
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Interests: parallel robots; human faitgue analysis; bio-inspiration; ergonomics
Interests: biomechanics; exoskeletons; human-machine interaction; service/inspection robots; embodied AI
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Interests: biorobotics; bio-inspired robotics; optic flow; visual guidance; celestial compass; polarization-based localization; bio-inspired navigation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The field of bio-inspired approaches (also known as biomimetics or biomimicry) is a design approach whereby a product or process is inspired by elements of nature, such as plants or animals. Bio-inspired approaches serve as inspiration and motivation for many engineers and designers in terms of efforts to identify unexpected solutions to problems. These approaches have made great inroads in the aerospace, marine and automotive industries. The domains of bio-inspiration and bio-mimetics have also been the focus of a number of studies in the domain of robotics. There are several examples of their use in the literature, including their implementation in snake-type robots for underwater inspection or in the worm-type systems for industrial pipeline inspections. The objective of this Special Issue is to compile and present the recent advancements in the domain of bio-inspired robotics and their potential applications in industry. This will help researchers from all communities to understand the relevance of bio-inspiration in robotics and serve as a platform for the application of these cutting-edge approaches to other fields.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Bio-inspired robots;
- Bio-robotics;
- Bio-mimetics;
- Soft robotics;
- Parallel robots;
- Bio-inspired control;
- Embodied artificial intelligence;
- Bio-inspired locomotion;
- Bio-inspired actuators;
- Sensors in mechanics;;
- Legged robotics
- Stiffness-on-demand structure.
Dr. Swaminath Venkateswaran
Prof. Dr. Damien Chablat
Prof. Dr. Poramate Manoonpong
Dr. Julien R Serres
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioinspiration
- biomimetics
- robotics
- control
- soft robots
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