Biorobotics

Biorobotics uses biological principles to design robots and robotic models to investigate biological systems. It also studies how robotic models can test explanations of animal movement and behavior.

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Bio-inspired robotics: Robotics that adapts structures, behaviors, or strategies found in living organisms. This design approach translates biological traits into robotic mechanisms.
Biomimetics: The practice of applying biological designs and processes to engineering and technology. It carries biological solutions into engineered devices, often through robotic prototypes.
Biomechanics: The study of mechanical principles in living organisms and their movements. It supplies measurements and models of the forces biorobots reproduce.
Robotic salamander: A robot modeled on salamander anatomy and locomotion to study the evolution of vertebrate movement. Its changing gaits test how neural control can coordinate swimming and walking.
Biologically inspired design: An engineering approach that draws ideas from biological structures or processes. It may borrow biological ideas without using robots to investigate biology.
Locomotion: The movement of an organism or machine from place to place. Biorobotic models often investigate how biological systems produce movement.
Robotic fish: A robot designed to reproduce selected features of fish form, propulsion, or behavior. Fish-shaped robots test how body shape and fin motion affect swimming.
Neuroscience: The scientific study of the nervous system, including its structure and function. Neural mechanisms provide models for robotic sensing and control.
Robotic cockroach: A robot built to investigate cockroach locomotion and its robustness over uneven ground. It demonstrates how simple control can produce resilient movement.
Computational neuroscience: The use of mathematical and computational models to study nervous systems. It models biological control computationally rather than through embodied robots.