ReviewBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Bio-Inspired Robots and Structures toward Fostering the Modernization of Agriculture.
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- A Bio-Inspired Ring-Cutting and Compliant Clamping Mechanism for Selective Harvesting of Flexible-Stem Crops in Complex Terrain.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fish adapt and dynamically avoid an approaching robotic fish across repeated exposures.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- From genomics to horticultural innovation: botanical traits, bioactive compounds, and sustainable utilization of kiwifruit (Frontiers in plant science · 2026Review
- Mitigating Neural Habituation in Insect Bio-Bots: A Dual-Timescale Adaptive Control Approach.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Migratory Bird-Inspired Adaptive Kalman Filtering for Robust Navigation of Autonomous Agricultural Planters in Unstructured Terrains.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Integrating a Soft Pneumatic Gripper in a Robotic System for High-Speed Stable Handling of Raw Oysters.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Human-Centered Sensor Technologies for Soft Robotic Grippers: A Comprehensive Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bio-inspired designs: leveraging biological brilliance in mechanical engineering-an overview.3 Biotech · 2024Review
- Nanotechnology and E-Sensing for Food Chain Quality and Safety.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Sensing in Soft Robotics.ACS nano · 2023Review
- Bioinspired robots can foster nature conservation.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2023Article
- Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based End-to-End Control for UAV Dynamic Target Tracking.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Biomimetics is the interdisciplinary cooperation of biology and technology that offers solutions to practical problems by analyzing biological systems and transferring their principles into applications. This review article focused on biomimetic innovations, including bio-inspired soft robots and swarm robots that could serve multiple functions, including the harvesting of fruits, pest control, and crop management. The research demonstrated commercially available biomimetic innovations, including robot bees by Arugga AI Farming and the Robotriks Traction Unit (RTU) precision farming equipment. Additionally, soft robotic systems have made it possible to mitigate the risk of surface bruises, rupture, the crushing destruction of plant tissue, and plastic deformation in the harvesting of fruits with a soft rind such as apples, cherries, pears, stone fruits, kiwifruit, mandarins, cucumbers, peaches, and pome. Even though the smart farming technologies, which were developed to mimic nature, could help prevent climate change and enhance the intensification of agriculture, there are concerns about long-term ecological impact, cost, and their inability to complement natural processes such as pollination. Despite the problems, the market for bio-inspired technologies with potential agricultural applications to modernize farming and solve the abovementioned challenges has increased exponentially. Future research and development should lead to low-cost FEA robotic grippers and FEA-tendon-driven grippers for crop harvesting. In brief, soft robots and swarm robotics have immense potential in agriculture.
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