Bioinspired Sensors and Actuators: Advanced Strategies and Applications in Mechanical and Agricultural Engineering
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2027 | Viewed by 16
Special Issue Editors
Interests: flexible sensors; flexible actuators; soft robots; agricultural information
Interests: multimodal flexible sensors; breathable electronics; human–machine interaction
Interests: wearable sensors; human motion analysis; rehabilitation robot
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature provides an abundant source of inspiration for overcoming complex engineering challenges. In recent years, the development of bioinspired sensors and actuators has significantly advanced the fields of mechanical and agricultural engineering. Unlike traditional rigid systems, bioinspired designs—often utilizing soft materials, compliant mechanisms, and multi-modal sensing—offer unprecedented adaptability and safety. This is particularly crucial when operating in natural, unstructured environments, such as intelligent agricultural harvesting, where delicate interactions and dynamic decision-making are required.
This Special Issue aims to capture the latest strategies and applications bridging biomimetics with advanced engineering tasks. We are highly interested in how biological principles can be translated into innovative devices capable of perceiving multidimensional features—spanning both apparent and physiological characteristics—to guide intelligent action. By integrating advanced sensorics (e.g., visual, tactile, and bio-impedance) with bioinspired actuation structures, researchers are establishing a new paradigm for successful agent–environment interactions and non-destructive manipulation.
We warmly invite biologists, materials scientists, roboticists, and engineers to contribute original research papers, experimental studies, and comprehensive reviews. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Design, modeling, and construction of bioinspired flexible sensors and soft actuators.
- Compliant end-effectors and bioinspired robotics for agricultural harvesting.
- Multi-modal sensing strategies (tactile, visual, etc.) for environmental perception.
- In situ detection and inversion of physiological characteristics and apparent features.
- Advanced control and information processing for bioinspired mechanical systems.
- Material and structural innovations for biorobotic interactions in unstructured environments.
We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions to this fast-growing interdisciplinary field.
Best regards,
Dr. Tianyun Dong
Dr. Yu Gu
Dr. Bingfei Fan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioinspired
- flexible sensor
- flexible actuator
- soft robot
- multi-modal sensing
- unstructured environments
- mechanical engineering
- agricultural engineering
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