B.Sc Bio-informatics

Bio-Robotics is defined as the

collective study of CYBERNETICS,

BIONICS and even GENETIC

ENGINEERING .

Bio-robotics is often used to refer to a real subfieldof robotics: studying how to make robots thatemulate or simulate living biological organismsmechanically or even chemically.

The term is also used in a reverse definition:

making biological organisms as manipulatable

and functional as robots, or making biological

organisms as components of robots.

In the latter sense bio-robotics can be referred to

as a theoretical discipline of comprehensive

genetic engineering in which organisms are

created and designed by artificial means.

The creation of life from non-living matter for

example, would be bio-robotics. The field is in

its infancy and is sometimes known as

synthetic biology or bio-nanotechnology.

“Animal Like” robots are playing anincreasingly important as a link between theworlds of biology and engineering.

Contd…

The new, multidisciplinary field of bio-robotics

provides tools for biologists studying animal

behavior and movements.

An animal is profoundly affected by the many

subtle and complex signals within its environment,

and because the animal invariably disturbs its

environment, it constantly creates a new set of

stumuli .

The field is now enabling biologists to

understand these complex animal-

environment relationships to make Bio-robots.

There are several applications of

Bio-robotics:

Tactical Military use.

For Disabled People.

Make advancements in the fields of Biology,

Engineering, Computer Sciences, and many

other science fields.

A bipedal jumping and landing robot with

artificial musculoskeletal system inspired on an

animal(frog) has been presented. Experiments

showed the abilities of the robot to realize vertical

jumping.

A new bio-inspired climbing robot designed to

scale smooth vertical surfaces has been presented.

The robot, called Stickybot, draws its inspiration

from geckos and other climbing lizards and

employs similar compliance and force control

strategies to climb smooth vertical surfaces.

A humanoid two-arm

system developed as a

research platform for

studying dexterous two-

handed manipulation. Two

arms and hands are

combined with a three

degrees-of-freedom

movable torso and a visual

system to form a complete

humanoid upper body.

Currently BCI or Brain Computer

Interface allows the use of

computers by the physically

handicap by taking signals directly

from the brain.

Sensors hooked to the motor cortex of

the brain enable monkeys to operate

the robotic arm in the same manner as

their biological arm.

“Sarcos Soldier Exoskeleton”

-An exoskeleton which allows

soldiers to do strenuous activity

without tiring.

DSO’s Revolutionizing Prosthetics Program

-Gives amputees the ability to move an

attached prosthetic device using direct brain

control.