Mechanical Animals

While the best man for the systematic design of a hard century for nature are trying more than one billion years, organisms have been developed.
Now, scientific, engineering to solve the problems of the nature of his comments apply to more experts are taking notice. Aerodynamic shape of whale flippers Biomimetics takes inspiration from, the spring system is used by the grasshoppers, and the bat's flight style.
ROBO-metal muscles of the bat
Tiny flying machines in the present investigation and monitoring for, but is being used just a small version of the aircraft and helicopters to make way, in the form of fixed-wing or rotarywing less mobility and aerodynamic design capability.
Instead, researchers in the U.S. - North Carolina State University based mimicking nature's flyers are small - for better aerodynamic efficiency, developing robotic bats.
The most effective "small-scale, nature tells us that the flapping flight - like that of the bat - is." Said Dr. Stefan Seelecke, mechanical engineering at NC State Advisor.
A 'robo-bat' that is at least 6 grams weight before the development of skeleton bats' skeletal and muscular systems of the researchers did extensive analysis. The research team for the muscular system, muscular metal 'as they make the contract has been using smart materials.
Once completed, the robo-vampire bat in the form of a real skill will be flying with.
Turbine blades better
Biologists and engineers across the U.S. flippers, wings and tails of whales and dolphins in the study, and features some of their structure that contradict long time - the engineering principles of the search is conducted.
Whale flippers with one bumpy edge of the size of wind turbine blades for the creation of a novel design is inspired by. This design to be more efficient and quieter and has proved.
"Engineers on the wings before to ensure steady flow patterns have tried. Biomimicry a lesson that can increase the lift and unstable flow complex size, and drag stallling delay is low," Dr. Fish advice. "Any possibility that the design of aeronautical technology in the future such as helicopter blades can be applied." He said.
Robotic grasshopper
The insect uses to motivate the spring system is based on a robotic locust Tue 'rocky area of detection can help. Jollbot, Rhodri prepared by Armor, and colleagues at the University of bath, UK can jump and roll, the other machines on its ability to start due to the constraints on a given edge.
The remote - a series of Jollbot a motor and a battery pack is connected to the control run, which helped it jump radius, around half a meter to springs.
Only a kg, many Jollbots on an exploratory mission in place of the traditional robot can be sent.
"I jumped around like a grasshopper, the way was inspired by insects. One of the small size of the insect to take your muscles to use their work to limit the possibility of a relatively long legs, with." Armor said.
"All insects to store energy and release it when the need for some kind of spring system's use. This is a mechanical catapult - a long step in the energy storage and rapid release of the way," he said. With agency inputs