Additive manufacturing: state of the art and potential for insect science
Mourad Jaffar-Bandjee1, Jérôme Casas2, Gijs Krijnen3
1Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR 7261, CNRS, Université de Tours, France; Robotics and Mechatronics, Technical Medical Centre, University of Twente, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Additive Manufacturing has become an efficient tool to study insect-inspired biomimetic solutions. Indeed, it can build objects with intricate 3D-shapes and use materials with specific properties, such as soft materials. From biomaterials to biostructures or biosensors, Additive Manufacturing allows more possibilities in terms of design and functions. Reciprocally, insect-inspired technological solutions can be implemented to enhance Additive Manufacturing processes providing for example biocompatible structures that can successfully host living cells. We believe that, thanks to its continuous progress, Additive Manufacturing will play a growing role in the development of insect-inspired solutions.
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