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Saturday, February 06, 2021

Biomimicking Learning by DragonFly

Like the idea of biomimicry for certain adaptive robotic abilities,  here an example at a fairly low level.  Technical.

Bio-Inspired Robotics: Learning From Dragonflies  By Kiel University (Germany),  January 28, 2021

Scientists at Germany's Kiel University (CAU) have decrypted the biomechanical function of the labial mask of dragonfly larvae, leading to a bio-inspired robot modeled after the same operating principle.

CAU's Sebastian Büsse said, "What is ideal about robotics is that it functions in two directions: we learn something about biology and develop something that can be applied in technology." The CAU team first deciphered the labial mask's operating principle, describing a synchronized dual-catapult system and visualizing its movements via three-dimensional (3D) animation to test this hypothesis.

Büsse said system improvements derived from these observations could be applied to enhance the performance of agile robots. CAU's Stanislav N. Gorb said the 3D-printed robot subsequently produced by the researchers "has provided us with more detailed insight into the operating principle of the  ... "

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