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Technological and Biological Systems' Resilience: Observations and Learnings
Lindsay Robertson1, Alan Bond2
1Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. Lindsay@tech-vantage.com.
Environmental Management
|June 2, 2025
Summary
Technological systems need enhanced resilience. By studying biological systems
Area of Science:
- Engineering and Systems Science
- Biomimicry
- Resilience Engineering
Background:
- Modern technological systems are increasingly complex and failure-prone.
- Current resilience strategies rely heavily on human intervention, which is becoming impractical.
- Biological systems exhibit remarkable self-repair capabilities, offering a model for enhanced resilience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze the concepts of resilience in both biological and technological systems.
- To identify principles from biological resilience that can be applied to technological systems.
- To enhance the understanding and implementation of resilience in current and future technologies.
Main Methods:
- Comparative analysis of resilience concepts across biological and technological domains.
- Decomposition of resilience definitions to identify key contributing factors.
- Exploration of self-repair mechanisms in biological systems.
Main Results:
- Human-dependent repair is a bottleneck for technological resilience.
- Biological systems offer proven, long-term resilience through self-repair.
- Key principles for biological resilience can be adapted for technological applications.
Conclusions:
- Learning from biological resilience can significantly improve technological system robustness.
- Applying biomimetic principles is crucial for future resilient technologies.
- A shift towards self-repairing technological systems is proposed.
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