What are Biomimetic Robots?
Biomimetic robots borrow their structure and senses from animals, such as humans or insects. Their abilities are copied from earth’s greatest examples of success, living organisms; they tend to function better in the unpredictable real world than the controlled artifice of a laboratory. Robotics engineers are able to blend expertise from the fields of biology and computer engineering. Strides made in biological research mean we know much more about how animals survive, for instance deep-sea creatures’ sensory organs or geckos’ gravity-defying feet. The speed, power, and size of computers mean we can create programs that mimic neurophysiological brain functions. Reverse engineering (tracking a result through its process to its source) has as a tenet that the cause exists. Therefore, just knowing there is an animal that can track moving objects while flying through space without visible light, proves that it’s possible. To picture such a biomimetic robot, you might consider its method of
