“Future research can pave the way for #bioinspired #multimodal robots that not only parallel but also surpass the agility, efficiency, and adaptability of biological counterparts,” researchers write in a new #ScienceRobotics Review. https://scim.ag/4x46WPL
Bioinspired multimodal robotics
Bioinspired multimodal robots’ evolution, challenges, and strategies for design, mode switching, and autonomy are reviewed.
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July 29, 2026 at 4:26 PM
“Future research can pave the way for #bioinspired #multimodal robots that not only parallel but also surpass the agility, efficiency, and adaptability of biological counterparts,” researchers write in a new #ScienceRobotics Review. https://scim.ag/4x46WPL
The EyeRIS camera, developed by @kakanikatija.bsky.social and MBARI’s Bioinspiration Lab, is a game changer for studying the biomechanics of marine life, revealing new insights about octopus locomotion that open the door for future bioinspired technologies.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
MBARI researchers deploy new imaging system to study the movement of deep-sea octopus • MBARI
3D visual data collected by MBARI’s groundbreaking EyeRIS camera system could contribute to the design of bioinspired robots in the future.
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August 6, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The EyeRIS camera, developed by @kakanikatija.bsky.social and MBARI’s Bioinspiration Lab, is a game changer for studying the biomechanics of marine life, revealing new insights about octopus locomotion that open the door for future bioinspired technologies.
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Learn more: www.mbari.org/news/mbari-r...
Nature research paper: Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter
https://go.nature.com/4jWcyVa
https://go.nature.com/4jWcyVa
Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter - Nature
Stable coating of filters with a thin liquid layer enhances adhesion of airborne particulates while maintaining high air permeability, resulting in longer lifetimes and higher efficiency of these filters.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nature research paper: Bioinspired capillary force-driven super-adhesive filter
https://go.nature.com/4jWcyVa
https://go.nature.com/4jWcyVa
Fascinating material property charts from "Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites":
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Natural silk is outstanding, even when compared to carbon nanotubes and graphene-enhanced fibers.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Natural silk is outstanding, even when compared to carbon nanotubes and graphene-enhanced fibers.
April 12, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Fascinating material property charts from "Hierarchically structured bioinspired nanocomposites":
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Natural silk is outstanding, even when compared to carbon nanotubes and graphene-enhanced fibers.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Natural silk is outstanding, even when compared to carbon nanotubes and graphene-enhanced fibers.
Wonderful time at MRS 3D Bioinspired Biomaterials symposium
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Wonderful time at MRS 3D Bioinspired Biomaterials symposium
Scientists have developed a bioinspired soft lens that can adjust its focal length automatically in response to varying light levels, similar to a human eye.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/47nugg4
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/47nugg4
October 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Scientists have developed a bioinspired soft lens that can adjust its focal length automatically in response to varying light levels, similar to a human eye.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/47nugg4
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/47nugg4
Great news: I received ERC Advanced grant #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu CaptuRel! It aims at intelligent nanomaterials undergoing bioinspired cycle of capture and photorelease of bioactive molecules for sensing and controlling (bio)chemical gradients. Thanks to my Team, @cnrs.fr and @unistra.fr!
June 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Great news: I received ERC Advanced grant #ERCAdG @erc.europa.eu CaptuRel! It aims at intelligent nanomaterials undergoing bioinspired cycle of capture and photorelease of bioactive molecules for sensing and controlling (bio)chemical gradients. Thanks to my Team, @cnrs.fr and @unistra.fr!
In a new #ScienceAdvances study, researchers present soft, magnetic hair flow sensors that allow autonomous underwater robots to measure their speed and detect upstream objects, demonstrating a potential tool for underwater exploration. https://scim.ag/43O9Xqz
Bioinspired flow sensor enables underwater robots to estimate motion and detect flow structure
Bioinspired flow sensors mounted on underwater robots enabled motion estimation and detection of an upstream wake.
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June 10, 2026 at 5:42 PM
In a new #ScienceAdvances study, researchers present soft, magnetic hair flow sensors that allow autonomous underwater robots to measure their speed and detect upstream objects, demonstrating a potential tool for underwater exploration. https://scim.ag/43O9Xqz
A new #ScienceRobotics study describes a #bionic eye that can simulate irregular pupils such as a cat’s vertical pupil for precise focus while hunting and a toad's heart-shaped pupil for improved depth perception. https://scim.ag/4auJjWP
Bioinspired adaptive pupil reflex based on liquid-metal shape-shifters for machine vision
A bioinspired eye mimics pupil reflexes with shape-shifting liquid metal to adapt to illumination for robust vision.
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February 16, 2026 at 5:14 PM
A new #ScienceRobotics study describes a #bionic eye that can simulate irregular pupils such as a cat’s vertical pupil for precise focus while hunting and a toad's heart-shaped pupil for improved depth perception. https://scim.ag/4auJjWP
Glad to share our latest literature review on Robotic materials with bioinspired microstructures (check out the very cute ToC 🐙🤖😁) advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Robotic Materials With Bioinspired Microstructures for High Sensitivity and Fast Actuation
In the review paper, design rationale and approaches for bioinspired sensors and actuators in robotics applications are presented. These bioinspired microstructure strategies implemented in both can ...
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September 25, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Glad to share our latest literature review on Robotic materials with bioinspired microstructures (check out the very cute ToC 🐙🤖😁) advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@faineg.bsky.social - this research may interest you. Thinking about silent drones
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Towards silent and efficient flight by combining bioinspired owl feather serrations with cicada wing geometry - Nature Communications
This study unveils a synergistic bioinspired design, seamlessly merging owl feather and cicada wing geometries into propeller configurations. Authors achieve reduction in noise by up to 5.5 dB while b...
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May 23, 2024 at 4:28 PM
@faineg.bsky.social - this research may interest you. Thinking about silent drones
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃 🐡 #bioinspired #kineticart Florencentia, flowering, flowers opening & closing, #circadianrhythm. Photosynthesis ballet. By Atelier Sisu, i.e. Sydney-based design studio led by artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield. #BUC2026
April 28, 2026 at 9:16 AM
🌱🌾🌍🌺🍄🌳🌲🌿🍃 🐡 #bioinspired #kineticart Florencentia, flowering, flowers opening & closing, #circadianrhythm. Photosynthesis ballet. By Atelier Sisu, i.e. Sydney-based design studio led by artists Renzo B. Larriviere and Zara Pasfield. #BUC2026
Funding from NSF has allowed my lab at @calstate.bsky.social to train hundreds of Americans who are part of America’s engine of innovation.
Our fundamental research on the thermal performance of insect exoskeletons is laying the foundation for bioinspired engineering solutions.
#NSFfunded
Our fundamental research on the thermal performance of insect exoskeletons is laying the foundation for bioinspired engineering solutions.
#NSFfunded
September 24, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Funding from NSF has allowed my lab at @calstate.bsky.social to train hundreds of Americans who are part of America’s engine of innovation.
Our fundamental research on the thermal performance of insect exoskeletons is laying the foundation for bioinspired engineering solutions.
#NSFfunded
Our fundamental research on the thermal performance of insect exoskeletons is laying the foundation for bioinspired engineering solutions.
#NSFfunded
don't know anything about the veracity of this study design but neat that people are combining owl and cicada adaptations to design quiet, efficient propellers 🦉🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Towards silent and efficient flight by combining bioinspired owl feather serrations with cicada wing geometry - Nature Communications
This study unveils a synergistic bioinspired design, seamlessly merging owl feather and cicada wing geometries into propeller configurations. Authors achieve reduction in noise by up to 5.5 dB while b...
www.nature.com
May 22, 2024 at 4:22 PM
don't know anything about the veracity of this study design but neat that people are combining owl and cicada adaptations to design quiet, efficient propellers 🦉🧪🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Scientists have developed a bioinspired policy that enables a multifingered robot to combine visual and tactile cues, like humans, to perform learned and new manipulation tasks even under poor lighting conditions.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4k1ivSt
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4k1ivSt
February 2, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Scientists have developed a bioinspired policy that enables a multifingered robot to combine visual and tactile cues, like humans, to perform learned and new manipulation tasks even under poor lighting conditions.
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4k1ivSt
Learn more in #ScienceRobotics: https://scim.ag/4k1ivSt
as a personal preference, I don't cover bioinspired technology as a rule because I generally am uninterested in studying a species for some extractive, anthropocentric purpose. but looking at the evolutionary triumph that is a hummingbird to aid warfare? makes me want to vomit!
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 PM
as a personal preference, I don't cover bioinspired technology as a rule because I generally am uninterested in studying a species for some extractive, anthropocentric purpose. but looking at the evolutionary triumph that is a hummingbird to aid warfare? makes me want to vomit!
Our September #EngBio newsletter is out! This month, we're looking ahead to forthcoming EngBio Forum in November on 'Engineering Life from First Principles: Physical Biology, Synthetic Cells and Bioinspired Engineering'. That, and more... bit.ly/newsletter-s...
September 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Our September #EngBio newsletter is out! This month, we're looking ahead to forthcoming EngBio Forum in November on 'Engineering Life from First Principles: Physical Biology, Synthetic Cells and Bioinspired Engineering'. That, and more... bit.ly/newsletter-s...
Entry 2 in the #DeskDetritus pile is on the shelf next to my desk. A sample of baleen from a minke whale. Used in @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishbiomeganist.bsky.social and Shirel Kahane-Rapport's bioinspired filtration work.
November 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Entry 2 in the #DeskDetritus pile is on the shelf next to my desk. A sample of baleen from a minke whale. Used in @cmdonatelli.bsky.social @fishbiomeganist.bsky.social and Shirel Kahane-Rapport's bioinspired filtration work.
A Bioinspired Cu2+-Responsive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with Unprecedented Turn-On Response and Selectivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Faller, Bonnet, Sour, and co-workers @InorgChem #copper #MRI #contrast_agent #bioinspired
November 23, 2024 at 6:55 PM
A Bioinspired Cu2+-Responsive Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agent with Unprecedented Turn-On Response and Selectivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/... Faller, Bonnet, Sour, and co-workers @InorgChem #copper #MRI #contrast_agent #bioinspired
🌳How do trees ensure their branches are not blown off by the wind, and can we harness this for 3D-printed structures?
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
Caroline's paper explores how wavy fibre patterns inspired by trees can toughen 3D-printed materials.🪴
Check it out! #3DPrinting #Bioinspired #MaterialsScience #PlantScience ~IN
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
◇ RESEARCH
Bioinspired fabric architecture harnessing anisotropy for omnidirectional mechanical protection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue...
https://littlebunker.com/2026/09/24/research_papers-bioinspired-fabric-architecture-harnessi-304e5593/
Bioinspired fabric architecture harnessing anisotropy for omnidirectional mechanical protection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue...
https://littlebunker.com/2026/09/24/research_papers-bioinspired-fabric-architecture-harnessi-304e5593/
September 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
◇ RESEARCH
Bioinspired fabric architecture harnessing anisotropy for omnidirectional mechanical protection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue...
https://littlebunker.com/2026/09/24/research_papers-bioinspired-fabric-architecture-harnessi-304e5593/
Bioinspired fabric architecture harnessing anisotropy for omnidirectional mechanical protection
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue...
https://littlebunker.com/2026/09/24/research_papers-bioinspired-fabric-architecture-harnessi-304e5593/
Synergistic Thermo-Hygroscopic Response in Bioinspired CB-TPU Sensors Fabricated via FDM for Respiratory Monitoring
Synergistic Thermo-Hygroscopic Response in Bioinspired CB-TPU Sensors Fabricated via FDM for Respiratory Monitoring
doi.org/10.1002/smm2...
doi.org/10.1002/smm2...
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Synergistic Thermo-Hygroscopic Response in Bioinspired CB-TPU Sensors Fabricated via FDM for Respiratory Monitoring
🎉We have a new site & a blog! Dr. Emilie Snell-Rood kicking it off with a guest post about the Bioinspired Design unit we co-designed with U Minn researchers. Supports student redesigns of products using organisms' adaptations as inspiration! 🧪#SciEd 🍎
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/bioinsp...
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/bioinsp...
Bioinspired design as a tool for integrative STEM in the high school classroom — Galactic Polymath
What kinds of approaches can teachers use to teach integrated STEM without leaving students behind?
www.galacticpolymath.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🎉We have a new site & a blog! Dr. Emilie Snell-Rood kicking it off with a guest post about the Bioinspired Design unit we co-designed with U Minn researchers. Supports student redesigns of products using organisms' adaptations as inspiration! 🧪#SciEd 🍎
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/bioinsp...
www.galacticpolymath.com/blog/bioinsp...
Researchers are developing synthetic metabolisms for robots, allowing them to "digest" metal or chemical fuels. This bioinspired approach could triple energy density and extend robot operating times.
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June 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Researchers are developing synthetic metabolisms for robots, allowing them to "digest" metal or chemical fuels. This bioinspired approach could triple energy density and extend robot operating times.
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