简介:TheJournalofBionicsEngineeringaimstopublishhighqualityoriginalpapersontheimportantsubjectsofbionicengineeringandrelatedtopics.Itisaninternationalforumofhighqualityformultidisciplinarycommunicationsontopicswhichwillinclude:thefundamentalunderstandingofanimalsandplantsforbionicandbiomimeticengineering;mechanical,manufacturing,materials,chemical,medicalandagriculturalengineering;informationandcontroltechnology;constructionandmechanics;locomotion;design;textiletechnology;architecture,buildingdesignsandplanningofthebuiltenvironment;andsystemsintegrationrelatingdirectlytobionicsandbiomimetics.
简介:TheestablishmentmeetingofInternationalSocietyofBionicEngineering(ISBE)convenedgrandlyatZhuhai,ChinainSeptember14-16,2010.Relatedofficialsandrepresentativesattendedtheopeningceremony,whocamefromtheResearchCouncils,UK,theNationalNaturalScienceFoundationofAmerica,theBionicSocietyofGer-
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.