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Research on the Flight Characteristics of Beetles and the Design of Bionic Aircraft

Proceedings
The flying wing of the beetle exhibits unique wing spreading–flying–collecting behavior in the process of flight, which is the best bionic object for flapping wing aircraft design.
Huan Shen, Zhiyuan Mao, Aihong Ji
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Bioinspiration in light harvesting and catalysis

, 2020
Capturing and converting solar energy into fuels and feedstocks is a global challenge that spans numerous disciplines and fields of research. Billions of years of evolution have allowed natural organisms to hone strategies for harvesting light from the ...
Yang, Jenny Y., Vojvodic, A, Chang, CJ, Kelley, SO, Cogdell, Richard, Gabor, Nathaniel M., Gabor, NM, Leclerc, Mario, Yam, Vivian Wing Wah, Scholes, GD, Aspuru-Guzik, A, Jaffer, Shaffiq A., Schlau-Cohen, Gabriela S., Flick, J, Mallouk, Thomas E., Doyle, AG, Chang, Christopher J., Leo, K, Schlau-Cohen, GS, Li, Yuguang C., Doyle, Abigail G., Narang, Prineha, Scholes, Gregory D., Leclerc, M, Jaffer, SA, Proppe, Andrew H., Li, YC, Proppe, AH, Mallouk, TE, Flick, Johannes, Sargent, Edward H., Berlinguette, CP, van Grondelle, Rienk, Yam, VWW, Hammes-Schiffer, Sharon, Hammes-Schiffer, S, Yang, JY, Cogdell, R, Kelley, Shana O., Vojvodic, Aleksandra, Leo, Karl, Berlinguette, Curtis P., Sargent, EH, Narang, P, Aspuru-Guzik, Alán, van Grondelle, R   +45 more
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Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
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Bioinspiration as a method of problem-based STEM education: a case study with the COVID-19 crisis

, 2020
Bioinspiration is a promising lens for biology instruction as it allows the instructor to focus on current pressing problems, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hunter Cantrell, Dimitri Smirnoff, Emilie Snell-Rood, Kaila Chapman, Elizabeth Kirscht   +4 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won, Jaehyun Jang, Hyeonseo Kim, Inyoung Choi, Steve Park, Seongjun Park   +5 more
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Bioinspiring an Interest in STEM

IEEE Transactions on Education, 2015
Attracting K–12 students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is viewed as a critical element for benefiting both the economy and society. This paper describes an outreach program, conducted in a Brooklyn, NY, USA, public middle school, aimed at educating students in mechatronics, biology, and bioinspiration ...
Jeffrey Laut, Tiziana Bartolini, Maurizio Porfiri   +2 more
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The Unique Flight Strategies Adopted by Butterflies When Landing on Vertical Surfaces

Proceedings
Landing on vertical surfaces poses a greater challenge for insects compared to horizontal ones, yet it remarkably expands their spatial range [...]
Huan Shen, Aihong Ji
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Origami‐Inspired Morphing Fuselage for Agile Fixed‐Wing Flight

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Conventional aircraft steer with rigid control surfaces. SoAR instead replaces the fuselage itself with a cable‐driven origami continuum body that bends in 3D and compresses on demand. Whole‐fuselage morphing steers fixed‐wing flight: achieving sharp, near‐zero‐radius turns and rapid braking without ailerons, rudder, or elevator, while the same ...
Abudula Aihaitijiang, Cagdas D. Onal
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Natural Photonics and Bioinspiration

, 2021
Photonic structures occurring in biological tissues such as butterfly wings, beetle elytra, or fish scales are responsible for a broad range of optical effects including iridescence, narrow band reflection, large solid-angle scattering, polarization ...
Mouchet, Sebastien; id_orcid, Deparis, Olivier; id_orcid   +1 more
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Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites

Nature Materials, 2022
Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore. This Review highlights recent developments and concepts in bioinspired nanocomposites, emphasizing tailoring of the architecture, interphases and confinement to achieve ...
Dhriti Nepal, Saewon Kang, Katarina M. Adstedt, Krishan Kanhaiya, Michael R. Bockstaller, L. Catherine Brinson, Markus J. Buehler, Peter V. Coveney, Kaushik Dayal, Jaafar A. El-Awady, Luke C. Henderson, David L. Kaplan, Sinan Keten, Nicholas A. Kotov, George C. Schatz, Silvia Vignolini, Fritz Vollrath, Yusu Wang, Boris I. Yakobson, Vladimir V. Tsukruk, Hendrik Heinz   +20 more
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