Well-Armed Design: 8 Octopus-Inspired Technologies
2014年9月29日 · The octopus has inspired much technological innovation, and with good reason. This cephalopod is dexterous underwater, can camouflage itself, has well-developed vision, muscular arms, sensory ...
How can an octopus make itself look like another animal?
But out of the more than 700 cephalopods that cruise the global seas, the mimic octopus's imitation skills mystify scientists the most: It's the first invertebrate species known that can systematically copy multiple species' appearances. The mimic octopus is new on the scene, discovered barely a decade ago in 1998.
Sneaky color-changing octopus inspires deception tech
2024年1月4日 · An octopus that can change the size and color of patterns on its skin has inspired a deception technology platform for use in a variety of fields, including the military, medicine, robotics, and...
Octopus-inspired deception and signaling systems from an
2023年12月22日 · Herein, we report bioinspired deception and signaling systems, which use a designer nonacene-like molecule with exceptional stability as the active material and thus demonstrate a unique...
Engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that can deceive …
2024年1月4日 · With a split-second muscle contraction, the greater blue-ringed octopus can change the size and color of the namesake patterns on its skin for purposes of deception, camouflage and signaling.
UC Irvine engineers invent octopus-inspired technology that
2024年1月4日 · The greater blue-ringed octopus, native to waters in the Western Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean, can ward off predators with an iridescent flash of the circular shapes on its skin. A research team led by Alon Gorodetsky, UCI professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, drew inspiration from this amazing creature to develop a signaling ...
A Perspective on Cephalopods Mimicry and Bioinspired …
2021年8月5日 · Soft organic materials, biomacromolecules and protein ingredients in octopus skin combined with a distributed intelligence, result in adaptive displays that can control emerging optical behavior, and 3D surface textures with rough geometries, with a …
Magoctopus: Bio-inspired small-scale magnetic soft octopus with ...
2024年7月15日 · Inspired by the movement and predatory behavior of octopuses in the ocean, we have developed a microscale biomimetic magnetic octopus (Magoctopus), capable of mimicking biological functions such as movement and object grasping in liquid environments.
The ‘Mimic’ or ‘Mimetic’ Octopus? A Cognitive ... - Springer
2019年7月6日 · This study discusses the mimic octopus’ (Thaumoctopus mimicus) acts of imitation of a banded sea-snake (Laticauda sp.) as an antagonistic response to enemies from a cognitive-semiotic perspective.
Dynamic mimicry in an Indo–Malayan octopus
2001年9月7日 · Diving over 24 h periods revealed that the ‘mimic octopus’ emerges during daylight hours to forage on sand substrates in full view of pelagic fish predators. We observed nine individuals of this species displaying a repertoire of postures and body patterns, several of which are clearly impersonations of venomous animals co-occurring in this ...