Biologically Inspired Robotics: From Biolocomotion to Mechanization

A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Locomotion and Bioinspired Robotics".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 January 2024) | Viewed by 1242

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State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
Interests: bionic robot; special robot; soft robot; novel actuator

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Dear Colleagues,

With its insistence on the “survival of the fittest”, the biological structure of nature has become more and more reasonable, and the way of movement is also now quite reasonable and intelligent. The diversity of biological structures and their motion provides a steady stream of reference model samples for the bionic design and motion control of robot structures. Bionic robots have gradually become a research hotspot in the field of robotics because of their specific advantages.

This Special Issue on “Biologically Inspired Robotics: From Biolocomotion to Mechanization” aims to show and promote the latest achievements in all aspects of bionic robots with biological multi-mode locomotion, reconfigurable structures and novel actuators, which will further improve the bionic characteristics and functions of bionic robots. We welcome a wide range of original research results and topical reviews with novel perspectives on the theme addressed.

Prof. Dr. Jizhuang Fan
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • biomimetic design
  • bioinspired mechanisms
  • multi-mode locomotion
  • biolocomotion
  • intelligent control
  • novel actuators

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Simulation Analysis of Frog-Inspired Take-Off Performance Based on Different Structural Models
by Shuqi Wang, Jizhuang Fan and Yubin Liu
Biomimetics 2024, 9(3), 168; https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics9030168 - 11 Mar 2024
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Abstract
The frog-inspired jumping robot is an interesting topic in the field of biomechanics and bionics. However, due to the frog’s explosive movement and large range of joint motion, it is very difficult to make their structure completely bionic. To obtain the optimal jumping [...] Read more.
The frog-inspired jumping robot is an interesting topic in the field of biomechanics and bionics. However, due to the frog’s explosive movement and large range of joint motion, it is very difficult to make their structure completely bionic. To obtain the optimal jumping motion model, the musculoskeletal structure, jumping movement mechanism, and characteristics of frogs are first systematically analyzed, and the corresponding structural and kinematic parameters are obtained. Based on biological characteristics, a model of the articular bone structure is created, which can fully describe the features of frog movement. According to the various factors affecting the frog’s jumping movement, mass and constraints are added, and the complex biological joint structure is simplified into four different jumping structure models. The jumping ground reaction force, velocity, and displacement of the center of mass, joint torque, and other motion information of these four models are obtained through ADAMS simulation to reveal the jumping movement mechanism and the influencing factors of frogs. Finally, various motion features are analyzed and compared to determine the optimal structural model of the comprehensive index, which provides a theoretical basis for the design of the frog-inspired jumping robot. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biologically Inspired Robotics: From Biolocomotion to Mechanization)
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