Necrobotics: Reimagining Robotic Materials
Te Faye Yap1, Zhen Liu1, Anoop Rajappan1, Trevor J. Shimokusu1, Daniel J. Preston1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX, USA
Fleas and bites in bones.
Alan Boyde1, David Mills1, Agustín Manuel Abba2, María Cecilia Ezquiaga2
1Dental Physical Sciences, Barts’ and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London, U.K.
2Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) UNLP-CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Stable colors: how order and scale geometry make the colourful displays of Sternotomini longhorn beetles angle-independent
Viola Bauernfeind1, Kenza Djeghdi1, Ullrich Steiner1, Bodo D. Wilts1,2
1Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
2Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Exploring performance landscapes for Hexapod locomotion using biological, computational, and robotic model systems
Hendrik K Beck1, David Labonte1
1Dept. of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, U.K.
Dandelion-inspired insect-scale drones
Chandan Bose1, Bappa Mitra1,2, Marc Desmulliez2, Ignazio Maria Viola1
1 School of Engineering, Institute for Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, U.K.
2 School of Engineering & Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.
The structure-function relationship of the vibration receptors in the spider Cupiennius salei
Carolin Fischer1, Maryam Tadayon1, Benny Bar-On2, Friedrich G. Barth3, Peter Fratzl4, Luca Bertinetti1, Yael Politi1
1 B CUBE -Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany
2 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel
3 Department of Neurosciences and Developmental Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna, Althanstr.14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
4 Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Science Park Golm, 14424 Potsdam, Germany
Folding principles of cuticle in locust leg joints
Christoph Bruns 1,2, Vassileios Bekas 1, Susanna Labisch 1,2 and Jan-Henning Dirks 1,2
1Department of Biomimetics, Hochschule Bremen –City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany
2Biomimetics-Innovation-Centre, Hochschule Bremen –City University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany
3D Printing of directional passive acoustic structures inspired by Achroia grisella ‘s ear
Lara Díaz Garcia1, James F.C. Windmill1
1Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (EEE), University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
The Venus Flyflap: Combining two snap-trap plant motions principles into new motion sequences for plant-inspired robotics in one artificial Venus flytrap demonstrator
Falk Tauber1
1Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg, Botanischer Garten der Universität Freiburg, Germany
Managing insect feet: Biomimetics of plant wax based non-toxic insect repellents
Florian Gisinger1, Ille C. Gebeshuber1
1Institute of Applied Physics of TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
Towards Biomimetics of Superhydrophobic Water Strider Feet
Lukas Hageneder1, Harald Plank1, Karin Wewerka1, Ille C. Gebeshuber2
1Institute of Electron Microscopy, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria.
2Institute of Applied Physics, Technical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Nanoparticle functionalized silk hydrogels for cancer cell culture
Jirada Kaewchuchuen1, Saphia A. L. Matthew1, Suttinee Phuagkhaopong1, Luis M. Bimbo1,2,3, F. Philipp Seib1
1Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
2Faculty of Pharmacy, Universida de de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
3CNC –Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, and CIBB –Center for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Rua Larga, University of Coimbra, 3004-504 Coimbra, Portugal
Autonomous Robot Evolution: Evolving Robots on Hardware
Leni Le Goff1, Emma Hart1
1Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, U.K.
Excretion of sex pheromone by glands in moths
Mourad Jaffar-Bandjee1, Richard Weinkamer1, Jérôme Casas2, Peter Fratzl1
1Max Planck Institute of Colloids, Potsdam, Germany
2Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l’Insecte, Université de Tours, 37000 Tours, France
Insights into growth regulation by connecting simulations of plant-growth to the plant gall life cycle
Richard W. van Nieuwenhoven1, Florian Gisinger1, Pia Graves1, August Hammel1, Matthias Mörth 1, Ille C. Gebeshuber1
1Institute of Applied Physics of TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
A spiking model of the cricket escape mechanosensory system: from neuroethology to neuromorphic computing
Paul M. Clémençon1, Filippo Moro2, Tifenn Hirtzlin2, Claudio Lazzari1, Elisa Vianello2, Jérôme Casas1
1Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de I’Insecte, Université de Tours, 37000 Tours, France
2CEA-Leti, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, F-38000 Grenoble, France
Bio–Inspired Ultra–Compact Acoustic Transmitter – Bubbles as a Means of Weak–Source Amplification
Luke Prentice1, James Windmill1, Paul Prentice2
1University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
2University of Glasgow, Glasgow, U.K.
Silk fibroin-anthracycline nano-sized delivery systems for breast cancer treatment
Saphia A. L. Matthew1, Suttinee Phuagkhaopong1, Yvonne Perrie1, F. Philip Seib1
1 Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, U.K.
Bio-inspiration of insects pheromonal communication by a microfluidic system
Alexandra Tiryaeva1,2, Miguel Pineirua1, Thomas Steinmann1, Gabriel Amselem2, Jérôme Casas1
1Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de I’Insecte, Université de Tours, 37000 Tours, France
2Laboratory of Hydrodynamics LadHyx, Ecole Polytechnique, 91120 Palaiseau, France
Nature inspired manufacturing of surgical tools
Martí Verdaguer Mallorquí1, Andrew Liston2, Vladimir Blagoderov3, Julian Vincent1, Marc
Desmulliez1
1Nature Inspired Manufacturing Research Group, School of Engineering & Physical Sciences,
Heriot–Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.
2Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany
3National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, U.K