Elephant Trunks and Flexible Robotic Arms
In short: The elephant trunk's unique muscular structure, which lacks bones, is inspiring the development of versatile soft robots and bionic limbs.
A 1:18 short film in the series “Nature Invented It First”, narrated by intellect_voice_01.
Sources used in this film: Oxford University Research Archive, “Ultra-fast physics-based modeling of the elephant trunk - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive”; science.org, “Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterity”; Nature Communications, “A bionic robotic trunk with tensegrity-enabled elephant-comparable stiffness variability for assisted daily living - Nature Communications”; research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu, “Elephant trunk inspires the universal robot gripper”; PMC, “Conceptualization of Biomimicry in Engineering Context among Undergraduate and High School Students: An International Interdisciplinary Exploration”; Communications Materials, “Bio-inspired autonomy in soft robots - Communications Materials”.
Sources used in this film
- Oxford University Research Archive — Ultra-fast physics-based modeling of the elephant trunk - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive · View →
- science.org — Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterity · View →
- Nature Communications — A bionic robotic trunk with tensegrity-enabled elephant-comparable stiffness variability for assisted daily living - Nature Communications · View →
- research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu — Elephant trunk inspires the universal robot gripper · View →
- PMC — Conceptualization of Biomimicry in Engineering Context among Undergraduate and High School Students: An International Interdisciplinary Exploration · View →
- Communications Materials — Bio-inspired autonomy in soft robots - Communications Materials · View →
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Sources
- Summary by Intellect · source: Oxford University Research Archive: Ultra-fast physics-based modeling of the elephant trunk - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
- Also: science.org: Elephant trunk’s ‘stunning’ microscopic musculature may explain its dexterity
- Also: Nature Communications: A bionic robotic trunk with tensegrity-enabled elephant-comparable stiffness variability for assisted daily living - Nature Communications
- Also: research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu: Elephant trunk inspires the universal robot gripper
- Also: PMC: Conceptualization of Biomimicry in Engineering Context among Undergraduate and High School Students: An International Interdisciplinary Exploration
- Also: Communications Materials: Bio-inspired autonomy in soft robots - Communications Materials
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