Biomimetics and the next robot generation

November 21, 2015 12:02 PM

11 robots whose designs were inspired by animals plus more in depth coverage on that roach inspired robot.

But, wait! There's more:

Biofueling solutions.

Design in nature mimicked by engineers

posted by Michele in California (7 comments total)

I think main link should go here.
posted by Space Coyote at 12:14 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

Oops I see it's fixed. Carry on
posted by Space Coyote at 12:14 PM on November 21, 2015

de rigueur
posted by gwint at 1:08 PM on November 21, 2015

Lots of contributions from DARPA in there! Excellent design concepts used for the robotic bee - it can both pollinate my plants AND tell the government what I was doing this afternoon.
posted by thebotanyofsouls at 1:50 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

"Big Dog" hit the uncanny valley for me. It looks exactly like two people in a horse costume, but without the head.
posted by yesster at 4:32 PM on November 21, 2015 [1 favorite]

yesster: you should see the beta
posted by Spiegel at 2:49 AM on November 22, 2015

This just in:

Tiny robots inspired by pine cones
posted by Michele in California at 2:06 PM on November 22, 2015