Bio-inspired robotics in times of ecological crisis: an attempt at self-criticism.

IF 3.1 3区计算机科学 Q1 ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics Pub Date : 2025-06-18 DOI:10.1088/1748-3190/ade218

Maxime Thieffry

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Abstract

This article attempts to show that current trends in bio-inspired robotics research are incompatible with the transformations needed to address the current ecological crisis. A large part of the scientific community takes refuge behind short-term challenges to avoid facing the truth : contrary to some stated ambitions, bio-inspired and soft-robotics research activities are contributing to the overstepping of planetary limits, including the decline of biodiversity and global warming.

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生态危机时代的仿生机器人：自我批评的尝试。

这篇文章试图表明，目前仿生机器人研究的趋势与解决当前生态危机所需的转变是不相容的。科学界的很大一部分人以短期挑战为借口，逃避面对真相：与一些宣称的雄心相反，生物启发和软机器人研究活动正在推动超越地球的极限，包括生物多样性的减少和全球变暖。

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Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 工程技术-材料科学：生物材料

CiteScore

5.90

自引率

14.70%

发文量

132

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： Bioinspiration & Biomimetics publishes research involving the study and distillation of principles and functions found in biological systems that have been developed through evolution, and application of this knowledge to produce novel and exciting basic technologies and new approaches to solving scientific problems. It provides a forum for interdisciplinary research which acts as a pipeline, facilitating the two-way flow of ideas and understanding between the extensive bodies of knowledge of the different disciplines. It has two principal aims: to draw on biology to enrich engineering and to draw from engineering to enrich biology. The journal aims to include input from across all intersecting areas of both fields. In biology, this would include work in all fields from physiology to ecology, with either zoological or botanical focus. In engineering, this would include both design and practical application of biomimetic or bioinspired devices and systems. Typical areas of interest include: Systems, designs and structure Communication and navigation Cooperative behaviour Self-organizing biological systems Self-healing and self-assembly Aerial locomotion and aerospace applications of biomimetics Biomorphic surface and subsurface systems Marine dynamics: swimming and underwater dynamics Applications of novel materials Biomechanics; including movement, locomotion, fluidics Cellular behaviour Sensors and senses Biomimetic or bioinformed approaches to geological exploration.