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METRICS FOR BIO-INSPIRATION BASED ON TAXONOMIES

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2021

Mart Willocx  and
Joost R. Duflou
Mart Willocx*
Affiliation:
KU Leuven;
Joost R. Duflou
Affiliation:
KU Leuven; Member of Flanders Make
*
Willocx, Mart, KU Leuven, Mechanical engineering, Belgium, mart.willocx@kuleuven.be

Abstract

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Using bio-inspiration allows engineers to use the knowledge implicitly built up by natural evolution. Current tools for providing engineers with bio-inspiration yield many biological working principles. Starting from the Linnaean taxonomy, which can be seen as a design revision history, this work proposes metrics for a working principle based on the observations of that working principle in different organisms. A first metric measures the reinforcement of a working principle via the number of observations (publications/submissions to a database) made by biologists. Furthermore, biological strategies that evolve independently and use the same working principle might be more resilient and globally applicable, prompting the proposal of a metric measuring the spread in the taxonomy. Finally, bio-novelty measures the biological novelty, inversely related to the biological diversity employing the working principle. To illustrate the use of the metrics, they are applied to the working principles identified in the ‘temporary attachment’ category of AskNature.

Keywords

Bio-inspired design / biomimeticsComputational design methodsEarly design phasesBio-inspiration
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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 1: ICED21 , August 2021 , pp. 2087 - 2096
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