In 30-minute sequences, researchers and entrepreneurs give demonstrations and manoeuvres on an open stage at the heart of the event.
On 19 OCTOBER 2021, we will repeat this successful innovation launched in 2019.
The 2021 programme is underway (suggest yourself, suggest topics).
As a reminder and example, what was proposed in 2019 at Biomim'expo 4:
- Presentation and demo of the AntBot robotan autonomous robot inspired by desert ants, capable of finding its way without GPS.
- Drs. Stéphane ViolletDirector of Research, CNRS, Institute of Movement Sciences, Marseille
- and Antoine WystrachCNRS Research Fellow, Animal Cognition Research Centre in Toulouse (CNRS/Paul Sabatier University).
- Avineck: from birds' necks to robots Anatomy and engineering research meet to understand nature and propose innovative technological solutions.
Description :
The neck moves the head. In birds, it is both flexible and precise, light and powerful, all qualities required in a robot. The coherence of the tensegrity structures is ensured by tensional connections. By studying the necks of birds, the researchers aim to better understand how this principle is applied in nature. Modelling the shape of vertebrae and muscles thus feeds into the development of robots with potential applications in new factories.
Procedure :
We will show the characteristics of the neck in birds and explain the principle of tensegrity. We will show that a tensegrity structure remains stable even when a change is applied that destabilises a pivoted structure. We will present an articulated arm made of tensegrity modules operated by cables that will show the potential of a bird neck inspired structure in robotics.
More about the Avineck project: https://anr.fr/Projet-ANR-16-CE33-0025
- Anick AbourachidProfessor at the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Deputy Director of UMR 7179 Mecadev, Pavillon d'Anatomie Comparée
- Matthieu FuretD. student in robotics at the LS2N (Laboratoire des Sciences du Numérique de Nantes), a graduate of the Ecole Normale Supérieure in industrial engineering sciences with a mechanical option
- What shape-shifting materials hold for tomorrow How do biological structures take on their complex shape in space from initially identical cells? Can we draw inspiration from morphogenesis phenomena to imagine materials capable of evolving their shape?
Some of these materials that can be programmed to change shape in response to a stimulus will be demonstrated live, with potential applications in orthopaedic medicine, surgery and architecture.
- Benoit RomanDr. J. M. B. B., Director of Research at the CNRS, works in the Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media laboratory. His team seeks to draw inspiration from biological morphogenesis to manufacture materials capable of changing shape. He co-authored the book "Du merveilleux caché dans le quotidien, la physique de l'élégance" (Flammarion) which received the Roberval prize and the "le goût des sciences" prize.
- Etienne GuyonA former director of the Ecole Normale Supérieure and the Palais de la Découverte, he also works at the Physics and Mechanics of Heterogeneous Media laboratory. He is co-author of the book "Du merveilleux caché dans le quotidien, la physique de l'élégance".
- Insects will surprise you, and tomorrow change your lives Hemipteran insects (bugs, aphids, mealy bugs, cicadas), most of which have a bad reputation, can open the way to amazing applications in the fields of materials, sensors or surgery.
With the help of images, you will discover how these insects have developed, over more than two hundred million years, a sophisticated device enabling them to seek out food hidden in the organs of another organism, most often the conductive vessels of flowering plants. These stinging organs, veritable biological syringes, have exceptional properties in terms of constituent materials, morphology and mechanical functioning.
- Yvan RahbéDirector of Research INRA.
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