biomimetic robots
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Bio inspired;Robots;BionicTRANSCRIPT
Robotics Seminar
Biomimetic Robots
By
NIRMAL THOMAS
M.Tech Robotics
SRM UNIVERSITY
Biomimetic
Bio-Inspired
Bionic Robots
Confusing Terms
Biomimetic
Biomimetic refers to human-made processes,
substances, devices, or systems that imitate
nature.
The art and science of designing and building
biomimetic apparatus is called biomimetic, and
is of special interest to researchers in
nanotechnology, robotics, artificial intelligence
(AI), the medical industry, and the military
Fully Replicating from nature
Biomimetic Robot
The biomimeticapproach mostcommonly strives toachieve this goal byreproducing someaspects of the biologicalsystem, for example,early plane designs thatinvolved flapping wingscan be considered asbiomimetics of birds.
Taking the Idea
Not Fully replicating it
Inspired from Nature
Bio-Inspired Robot
Bio-Inspired
This approach aims to
discover and capture an
essential idea that
underpins a biological
system, so that the same
idea can be implemented
technologically.
Bionic Robots
biology + electronics• Integrating Electro
Mechanical system to
living organisms
• Bionics usually means the
replacement or
enhancement of organs
or other body parts by
mechanical versions or
electrical add-ons
Which is Best?
• These approaches are not mutually exclusive, i.e., in
many cases a biomimetic solution can provide the best
technological implementation of a bio-inspired design,
but a biomimetic solution is not always optimal from an
engineering prospective.
• Fixed-wing aircraft turns out to be a more efficient
solution for carrying cargo than are designs that
replicate flapping wings of birds. Not too surprising,
perhaps, as typical birds did not evolve based on
capacity to carry heavy cargo across long distances.
• All these approach has its own Advantage and
Disadvantage
History
387 BC Archytas of Tarentum allegedly built a
kind of flying machine, a wooden pigeon
balanced by a weight suspended from a
pulley, and set in motion by compressed air
escaping from a valve (Biomimetic)
105 AD, Ts' ai Lun from China credited with
inventing paper, after watching a wasp create
its nest (Bio Inspiration)
When the real biomimetic Robot Came?
1970s,Robotic LOBSTER (designed by Joseph Ayers, a biology professor)
Robotic Lobster
The actions of real lobsters have beenreverse-engineered and programmed into alibrary of actions which give the roboticlobster a similar behavior as the real ones.
They not only resemble its physical shapeand movements but the way its artificialnervous system responds to variableconditions in its environment- such astemperature and heat.
Biomimetic Sensors
Vision Sensor - photosensitive devices to Binocular vision Cameras
Audition Sensor – Mic,Vibration Detection, echolocation behavior
etc (Crickets,Bats,Dolphins)
Touch Sensor – Pressure sensor,
Piezoelectric,capacitative,Electromagnetic
Smell Sensors – Electronic Noses
Taste Sensors -
Actuators
Pneumatic Muscles
Shape Memory alloys
Conducting Polymers
Hydraulic Actuators
Magnetic Actuator
Where it is going ?
From Nature
Combing these we are making biomimeticrobots….. Insects, Dragonfly's, Birds……..(Where)………………………….. Humanoid Robots…….which will perform as like Human
Structure
Bio-inspired ActuatorsBio-Inspired Sensors
Artificial Intelligence
Locomotion's in Robots
Crawling (To move slowly on the hands and knees
or by dragging the body along the ground )
Walking (2Leg,4Leg)
Climbing
Swimming
Jumping
Flying
Grasping
drilling
Control Architecture
Self Learning Robots
Evolving Robots
Collective Robots (Swarm)
Current Advancement
FESTO Albatross
PETMAN – Robotic Soldier (30 DOF)
Resistive & Capacitive Skin
Applications
Defense (where the most funding goes…..)
Entertainment (AZIMO by HONDA)
Search and Rescue
Underwater Research (95% oceans are still mystery)
Industrial Application (Human hand is the most versatile)
Nanotechnology
Aerospace (Aerial Photography)
Reference
Handbook of Robotics – Springer
Wikipedia
Festo.com
Boston Dynamics etc.
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