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  • Interdisciplinary Research

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  • Traditionally, engineering drew inspiration from biology (biologically inspired robots).
  • Recent work reverses this, using robots to guide biological research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce and overview robotics-inspired biology.
  • Describe case studies and future directions.
  • Highlight the use of robots for biological discovery.

Main Methods:

  • Performing experiments on robotic systems.
  • Developing physical models for biological study.
  • Testing hypotheses generated from robotic experiments on living organisms.

Main Results:

  • Robotics-inspired biology is advancing fields like biomechanics, locomotion, neuromechanics, and sensorimotor control.
  • Robots and physical models are used to generate new hypotheses about organism function.
  • This approach facilitates the discovery of new biological phenomena.

Conclusions:

  • Robotics-inspired biology represents a novel and significant research direction.
  • It bridges engineering and biology to accelerate scientific discovery.
  • Future research holds potential for significant advancements in understanding biological systems.