简介:AreviewontheresearchofMicroElectromechanicalSystems(MEMS)technologybasedbiomimeticciliaispresented.Biomimeticcilia,enabledbytheadvancementofMEMStechnology,havebeenunderdynamicdevelopmentforthepastdecade.AfterabriefdescriptionofthebackgroundofciliaandMEMStechnology,differentbiomimeticciliaapplicationsarereviewed.Biomimeticciliamicro-actuators,includingmicromachinedpolyimidebimorphbiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,electro-staticallyactuatedpolymerbiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,andmagneticallyactuatednanorodarraybiomimeticciliamicro-actuator,arepresented.Subsequentlymicromachinedunderwaterflowbiomimeticciliamicro-sensorisstudied,followedbyacousticflowmicro-sensor.ThefabricationoftheseMEMS-basedbiomimeticciliadevices,characterizationoftheirphysicalproperties,andtheresultsoftheirapplicationexperimentsarediscussed.
简介:Anewmethodforirisidentificationbasedonmultiwaveletsisproposed.Bymeansofthepropertiesofmultiwavelets,suchasorthogonality,symmetry,vanishingmomentsandapproximationorder,theiristexturecanbesimplypresented.Abriefoverviewofmuhiwaveletsispresentedatfirst.Irisidentificationsystemandiristexturefeaturepresentationandrecognitionbasedonmultiwaveletsareintroducedsubsequently.Andtheexperimentindicatesthevalidityofthismethodfinally.
简介:Thenaturalworldspentbillionsofyearsinsolution-findingduringevolution,whichcouldbenefitTechnology.Howdoweputthatinanutshell?Biologicalsystemsaremorecomplexthanthemostcomplexcurrenttechnology.Anygivenfunctionandeffectaresimultaneouslycoordinatedandlinkedwithothersatmanylevelsofbiologicalorganisation-fromcellorganelletoorganism,topopulationandecosystem.Technologydoesnothavetoolstodealwiththecomplexityand"goalintendedness"oflivingsystems.Butlimitsforinteractionexistonbothsides-Biologicalscienceitselfisalsotooempiricalandnotmatureenoughtoprovideasolidbaseforcorrelatinglivingwithtechnicalsystems.Movingtowardsasynthesis,whereengineerscanutilizethevastamountofavailablebiologicaldata,wesuggestusingatoolcalled"TheoryofInventiveProblemSolving"(TRIZ)andclarifyingsomeimportantmethodologicalissues,whichhavenotpreviouslybeenrecognisedinbionicengineering:1)Requirenentformoreappropriatedefinitionsof"system","effect","function","law"and"rule".2)Requirementforunderstandingorevenmeasuringthedegreeofcontradictionoranalogybetweenfunctionsinbiologicalandartificialand/ornon-livingengineeringsystem-thereisnosimpledirectcorrelationbetweenwhatengineersfindusefulandwhatbiologydoes.
简介:Inthispaper,awildboarheadwastakenasthebionicresearchobjectforthedevelopmentofnewridgers,akindofplough.Thereverseengineeringtechnologywasadoptedtoobtainthesurfacegeometricalinformationofthehead.Severalthree-dimensional(3D)pointcloudsoftheheadwerecapturedfirstusinganon-touchlaserscanner,andanintegratedpointcloudwasgeneratedbyaligningthesepointcloudsusingUG/Imageware.Then,thedigitalsurfacemodeloftheheadwasrebuiltbymeansofCATIA.Thecharacteristiccurvesofthesurfacemodelwereanalyzed.Theresultsshowthattheaverageerrorbetweentherebuiltsurfaceandthepointcloudis?0.431mm.Themaxcurvatureoftheridgeontheneboftheheadis0.187mm?1,andthemaxandminGausscurvaturesonthesurfaceare0.008mm?2and?0.002mm?2.Thesegeometricalinformationaretheessentialparametersforbiomimeticsstudyoftheridger.
简介:上海天士力药业有限公司地处中国药谷——上海市张江高科技园区,是一家蓬勃兴起的生物制药企业。上海市张江高科技园区是中央政府批准设立的国家级高新技术产业开发区,是浦东重点功能开发区,园区特设的张江生物医药产业园区是我国国家级生物医药产业园区,迄今为止,已有9个国家级医药科研机构和多家跨国制药公司入驻张江。