The rapid advancement of tactile electronic skin (E-skin) has highlighted the effectiveness of incorporating bionic, force-sensitive microstructures in order to enhance sensing performance. Among these, cilia-like microstructures with high aspect rat...
The unique composite gradient structure of bamboo has made it widely recognized as an extremely efficient natural structure and material, endowing it with exceptional flexibility and resilience. This enabled bamboo to withstand the forces of wind and...
Deep application of liquid fertilizer is a technique that applies liquid fertilizer deep near the root system of crops, which has many advantages such as high fertilizer utilization rate and low environmental pollution. However, high power and high s...
Liquid fertilizer has many advantages, such as low production cost and little environmental pollution. Liquid fertilizer open furrow strip application method is widely used in fertilizer application operation. The widely used core-share furrow opener...
This paper proposes a new meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, the crown growth optimizer (CGO), inspired by the tree crown growth process. CGO innovatively combines global search and local optimization strategies by simulating the growing, sprouti...
The research objective of this paper is to examine the role of bionic design in advancing sustainable development within industrial design by outlining its theoretical framework; analyzing its applications in morphological, functional, and material a...
The deep application of liquid fertilizer in paddy fields is a fertilization technique that applies liquid fertilizer deep near the root system of paddy field crops, which can effectively improve the absorption rate of the crops and reduce the amount...
Polarimetry, which seeks to measure the vectorial information of light modulated by objects, has facilitated bionic geolocation and navigation applications. It is a novel and promising field that provides humans with a remote sensing tool to exploit...
Resistive random access memory (RRAM) devices are receiving increasing extensive attention due to their enhanced properties such as fast operation speed, simple device structure, low power consumption, good scalability potential and so on, and are cu...
This paper systematically reviews the research progress of underwater soft grasping devices in the field of bionic structure, function integration, and tactile sensing technology by drawing on the structural characteristics of marine organisms such a...
Hyaluronic acid (HA) is an endogenous polysaccharide, whose hydrogels have been used in medical applications for decades. Here, we present a technology platform for stabilizing HA with a biocrosslinker, the amino acid L-lysine, to manufacture bionic...
This paper comprehensively discusses the fabrication of bionic-based ultrafast laser micro–nano-multiscale surface structures and their performance analysis. It explores the functionality of biological surface structures and the high adaptabili...
In nature, some fish can adhere tightly to the surface of stones, aquatic plants, and even other fish bodies. This adhesion behavior allows these fish to fix, eat, hide, and migrate in complex and variable aquatic environments. The adhesion function...
High-performance medical acoustic sensors are essential in medical equipment and diagnosis. Commercially available medical acoustic sensors are capacitive and piezoelectric types. When they are used to detect heart sound signals, there is attenuation...
Albatross have a significant gliding ability called dynamic soaring. In the bionic study, dynamic soaring has a great potential to enhance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) flight range and endurance. The previous study on dynamic soaring mainly focuse...
With the recent developments in machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoTs) technology, it is necessary to process massive amounts of data in an energy-efficient way [...]
Hyperspectral remote sensing (RS) has rapidly developed in recent years and has been widely used in the military field. This technology not only brings huge opportunities for military reconnaissance but also poses unprecedented challenges to military...
Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) have excellent perception of water disturbances and can still sense targets as far as 180 m away, even when they lose their vision and hearing. This exceptional capability is attributed to the undulating structure of its...
We aimed to explore the optimization and application of a bionic system of dynamic co-culture with hepatocytes and renal cells based on the microfluidic chip technique in evaluating emodin, which might replace the conventionally cytological evaluatio...
Bionic bioceramic scaffolds are essential for achieving excellent implant properties and biocompatible behavior. In this study, inspired by the microstructure of natural bone, bionic hydroxyapatite (HAp) ceramic scaffolds with different structures (b...
Research Highlights: The novelty of this study is the deep analysis of the morphologic, geometric and mechanical performance of longhorn beetle larvae mouthparts. Furthermore, a metal nano identification of jaw reinforced parts was made. Background a...
Surface-dominated failures such as micropitting, scuffing, and rolling contact fatigue remain critical challenges for 20CrMnTi gear steel under high-stress and poor lubrication conditions. Inspired by the composite bionic “checkerboard + dot-ma...
Central nervous system (CNS) diseases exhibit high incidence rates, and the blood–brain barrier (BBB) poses a major obstacle to drug delivery. Conventional drug delivery methods not only show limited therapeutic efficacy but also cause signific...
Pneumatic soft manipulators are one of the current development trends in the field of manipulators. The soft manipulator that has been developed at present still has problems with single function and poor load-bearing capacity. This paper designs a c...
Front surface texturing is a common method used to improve the optical performance of photovoltaic devices. However, traditional texturing techniques may be challenging in some cases, such as when dealing with ultra-thin substrates. Textured polymer...
Bionic interfaces have received much attention owing to their attractive hydrophobic and tribological potential. Although a great deal of research has been carried out on biomimetic nanostructures, the basic theory, experimental application, and rela...
Bionic robots possess inherent advantages for underwater operations, and research on motion control and intelligent decision making has expanded their application scope. In recent years, the application of reinforcement learning algorithms in the fie...
The cavitation phenomenon presents a significant challenge in pump operation since the losses incurred by cavitation adversely impact pump performance. The many constraints of conventional anti-cavitation techniques have compelled researchers to expl...
Bionic flexible sensors are a new type of biosensor with high sensitivity, selectivity, stability, and reliability to achieve detection in complex natural and physiological environments. They provide efficient, energy-saving and convenient applicatio...
Inspired by eagle-owl feather with characteristics of light weight and high strength, the bionic continuous carbon fiber-reinforced polylactic acid composite with barbicel structure was successfully 3D printed. Under the action of external load, angl...
A miniaturised bionic electronic nose system was developed to solve the problems of expensive equipment and long response time for soil pesticide residue detection. The structure of the bionic electronic nasal cavity is designed based on the spatial...
Accelerating the development of agricultural aviation technology is the need of China’s modern agricultural construction. With the rise of emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, autonomous navigation, and the Internet of...
The heel pad, located under the calcaneus of the human foot, is a hidden treasure that has been subjected to harsh mechanical conditions such as impact, vibration, and cyclic loading. This has resulted in a unique compartment structure and material c...
Bionics are a set of technology products that are constantly evolving. Bionics are proposed as body add-ons or replacement for many body parts (ears, eyes, knees, neural prostheses, joints, muscles, kidney, liver, cartilage lungs, discs, pancreas, de...
The application of bionic structures for the design of energy-absorbing structures has been proposed recently. The rapid advancement of additive manufacturing technology provides technical support for the fabrication of non-traditional structures and...
Design, materials, and performance are important factors in the research of bone tissue scaffolds. This work briefly describes the bone scaffolds and their anatomic structure, as well as their biological and mechanical characteristics. Furthermore, w...
In the aerospace field, lightweight design is a never-ending pursuit. By integrating structural bionics and structural optimization, the vertical bracket of a wide angle auroral imager is designed and manufactured by additive manufacturing technology...
To meet the requirements of amphibious exploration, ocean exploration, and military reconnaissance tasks, a pneumatic amphibious soft bionic robot was developed by taking advantage of the structural characteristics, motion forms, and propulsion mecha...
The frictional resistance of impeller machinery blades such as aircraft engines, gas turbines, and wind turbines has a decisive impact on their efficiency and energy consumption. Inspired by the micro-tooth structure on the surface of shark skin, mic...
This paper proposes a multi-objective optimization model for anti-symmetric cylindrical shell in the bionic gripper structure. Here, the response surface method is used to establish multiple surrogate models of the anti-symmetric cylindrical shell, a...
Bionic amphibious robots are the intersection of biology and robotics; they have the advantages of environmental adaptability and maneuverability. An amphibious robot that combines walking and swimming move modes inspired by a crab (Portunus) is pres...
Owing to their high design freedom and excellent performance, lattice structures have shown outstanding capabilities and great potential in aeronautics and astronautics fields. In this paper, we propose a method to construct lattice structures by par...
The flapping hydrofoil bionic pump is an innovative hydrodynamic device that utilizes flapping hydrofoil technology. Flapping hydrofoil bionic pumps are crucial in addressing issues like inadequate river hydropower and limited water purification capa...
Bionic algorithms are established by imitating human neural structures and animal social behaviors. As an important part of bionic technology, bionic algorithms are often used to solve the control problems of complex nonlinear systems, such as the ro...
The bionic robotic fish is one of the special autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), whose path planning is crucial for many applications including underwater environment detection, archaeology, pipeline leak detection, and so on. However, the uncerta...
The wind-driven aerodynamic noise of super-high-rise building facades not only affects the experience of use inside the building but also reduces the life cycle of building facade materials to some extent. In this paper, we are inspired by the micro-...
Inspired by the maxillary mouthparts of longicorn beetles, four types of bionic cutters were designed in this research to address the prevalent issues of high cutting resistance and severe stubble damage encountered during alfalfa harvesting. Finite...
Due to its excellent performance and high design freedom, the lattice structure has shown excellent capabilities and considerable potential in aerospace and other fields. This paper proposes a method to map the biometric model to the lattice structur...
Flapping wing micro aerial vehicles (FWMAVs) are recognized for their significant potential in military and civilian applications, such as military reconnaissance, environmental monitoring, and disaster rescue. However, the lack of takeoff and landin...
To realize the design process of bionic mechatronic systems, involving mapping from engineering to biology and inversion from biology to engineering, a novel design paradigm is introduced that integrates BioTRIZ with multi-factor coupling bionics. In...
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