Biorobotics

type of service robot

Biorobotics is an interdisciplinary science that combines the fields of biomedical engineering, cybernetics, and robotics to develop new technologies that integrate biology with mechanical systems to develop more efficient communication, alter genetic information, and create machines that imitate biological systems.

subfield of robotics dealing with constructing robots from highly compliant materials

1739 automaton in the form of a duck

thumb|Demonstration of the concept thumb|A "necrobotic" gripper is fashioned from a dead spider and used to lift objects. thumb|Procedure explanation Necrobotics is the practice of using biotic materials (or dead organisms) as robotic components. Necrobotics can serve as an alternative to mechanical components that are difficult to manufacture by using biological components designed by natural selection in order to exploit the highly developed selective design implemented in biological lifeforms via the process of evolution.

thumb|right|200px|RHex 1.1 running.