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Innovative designs can be limited by the experience and knowledge of the individual designers. These limitations can be combated by integrating knowledge from other fields of study. However the vernacular used by the respective fields creates a gap, which requires a process of facilitated translation to bridge. Specifically, biology is a field that...
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... bioinspired design (BID) process that utilizes sketching for re-conceptualization presented in this section was initially developed by evaluating the function-based design method developed by Pahl and Beitz (2013) for biological inspiration infusion points. The concept development stage of the design process, which includes concept generation, evaluation, and selection, was determined to Figure 2. left -Insect wing anatomy visual, 4 right -Butterfly Computational model. 5 be the most beneficial phase for the inclusion of biological inspiration. Modifications to the concept development phase of the systematic engineering design process were made in efforts to better facil- itate BID and lessen the gap between the biological and the technical aspects of a BID, through the use of visual analogies. Figure 3 summarizes the steps of the proposed BID process. The following paragraphs describe the steps in greater detail. Sections 5 and 6 will further elaborate on the BID process by walking the reader through each step using an example design problem and case study, ...
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... bioinspired design (BID) process that utilizes sketching for re-conceptualization presented in this section was initially developed by evaluating the function-based design method developed by Pahl and Beitz (2013) for biological inspiration infusion points. The concept development stage of the design process, which includes concept generation, evaluation, and selection, was determined to Figure 2. left -Insect wing anatomy visual, 4 right -Butterfly Computational model. 5 be the most beneficial phase for the inclusion of biological inspiration. Modifications to the concept development phase of the systematic engineering design process were made in efforts to better facil- itate BID and lessen the gap between the biological and the technical aspects of a BID, through the use of visual analogies. Figure 3 summarizes the steps of the proposed BID process. The following paragraphs describe the steps in greater detail. Sections 5 and 6 will further elaborate on the BID process by walking the reader through each step using an example design problem and case study, ...
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... This study aims to develop the digital design and fabrication of kinematic chains related to the biomechanics of the 2 groups of caterpillars [23,24], which is a milestone for creating robots or machines that can perform tasks with flexibility-dexterity and developing features for being able to change/adjust the modular components that can be assembled or replaced [25,26]. ...
... Vattam and Goel [48,51] describe that for online information search, the activities involved are browsing, searching for relevant data within these sources, and understanding the content of these sources. Weidner et al. also describe the same for identifying biological systems using keywords, filtering biological entities through judgment, gathering information, and conducting detailed research before finalizing the entity [52]. Sharma et al. used concept maps to describe biological knowledge [53]. ...
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of their actors are ignored. Various causal and functional models developed hardly represent collective knowledge and are
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... Most heuristic designs focus on maximizing the number of solutions, but not as many as possible [8,9]. Many candidate solutions influence engineers to quickly find inspirations that meet the needs of BID [10,11]. ...
Bio-inspired design (BID) approaches have provided numerous novel proposals for innovative design. Meanwhile, it resulted in an explosion of alternatives. Choosing a small amount of the personalized recommendations is becoming more and more difficult, and engineers may prefer fewer goals. Furthermore, engineers may choose designs that have variety and feasibility in BID. However, the diversity and feasibility of BID are often contradictory. Engineers need to apply multi-objective optimization methods to find better BID to ensure implementable. Aiming to overcome the above problems, based on the biological strategies from the most popular BID-AskNature, we proposed an interdisciplinary approach with the bidirectional encoder representation from transformers (BERT) and Pareto dominance for biological strategy decision (BPBSD) in the BID. First, we use BERT to find potential biological strategies similar to the keyword of BID. Then, aiming at the functional diversity and the feasibility of BID, we used the Pareto dominance theory to solve the contradiction. Finally, we verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach with three different application cases. Experiments show that the proposed BPBSD can balance the relationship between diversity and feasibility in BID. It is hoped that this work provides practical guidance for BID.
... Natural objects and phenomena play an important role in this as a source of inspiration for solving problems. Bio-inspiration underlies the broader category of Bio-inspired Design, which uses the features of biological systems to create visual analogies [1,48]. ...
In this study, the attention is focused on the essence of integrated living visual communication design. It contains plant and biological components that cause the design system transformation and ensure dynamic visualization of the images. The methodological concept of the study is based on systematic and interdisciplinary approaches, which allow to assess living visual communications as integrated design systems. The author’s methodology includes analysis and systematization of examples; the formation of the integrated design model is based on an associative-metaphorical approach and substantiation of development strategies of ecological visual communications. The study resulted in the development of two groups of visual communication systems, namely green visual communications and biological visual communications. Their visual language was created on the base of such processes as landscaping, facing, encapsulation, energy recovery, and self-organization. The developed model of integrated design of living visual communications allows to put together artificial and natural components using their associative similarities. This model is considered an instrument for decision-making that is aimed at the implementation of ecological innovations into the design of dynamic visual communications. This study broadens the possibilities of using the living organisms in design and substantiating eco-strategies of communication design development in the context of forming designers’ creative potential.
... Additionally, interdisciplinary ideation can be supported by a process. Facilitation of interdisciplinary processes is challenging, because knowledge is not easily transferable (for example, between biology and engineering; Lobbe et al., 2021;Weidner et al., 2018). Practitioners perceive that they can better ideate when there is agreement in a team and a process to follow, however agreement on who leads the process and how the process is led is critical to success (Austin et al., 2001). ...
... Divergent thinking and consideration of multiple possibilities in early concept design is known to be supportive in ideation, particularly in fast paced collaborative settings such as workshops (Lee & Ostwald, 2022). Design tools and methods are shown to be effective in interdisciplinary shortterm ideation workshops for new product development and innovation activities (Weidner et al., 2018). Various digital tools are known to impact convergent and divergent thinking in ideation (Frich et al., 2021); however, only a few use topic modeling to support shared understanding. ...
This study presents the potential of live topic visualization in supporting creative dialogs during remote idea generation. We developed a novel Creativity Support Tool (CST) to explore the effects of the live topic visualization. The tool emphasizes the interdisciplinary knowledge background of participants. Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and topic modeling, the tool provides users with a live visual mapping of the domains and topics being orally discussed. To understand the tool’s user perceived effects, we conducted evaluation sessions and interviews with participants (N = 10) from two different disciplinary backgrounds: design and bioscience. The findings show that live visualization of domains and topics supported self-reflection during individual and collaborative creativity and encouraged a balanced discussion, which can mitigate discipline-based fixation in ideation.
... Methods and tools that facilitate the bio-inspired design process include keyword searches, reverse engineering, functional modeling, bioTRIZ, and databases [33]. Several biomimetic design tools with biological strategy search capabilities are summarized in Table 1. ...
The biomimetic design provides an adequate solution to attain an excellent design. However, the prototype space for biomimetic design is relatively large, and it becomes more and more challenging to find the required biological prototypes efficiently and accurately. To improve the design efficiency and enrich the biomimetic information, this paper proposes a coupled biological strategies-enabled bidirectional encoder representation from transformers (BERT) model to assist biomimetic design, namely BioDesign. We extract the biological strategies and extract dimensional information from AskNature as a part of the database. The linguistic expression model-BERT helps to search for biological strategy. Based on the coupled biological strategies analysis, the quantitative results of biomimetic strategies are given by BioDesign. Finally, we take the erosion wear-resistant design of the control valve core as an example to demonstrate the utilization based on the proposed BioDesign. The erosion wear experiment demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed method.
... Visual Analogy Sketching A technique that encourages sketching biological systems at varying magnification levels and detail to assist with developing analogies to engineering principles and components. Assists with thinking and reasoning about the form and function of the biological system [56]. ...
... A technique that encourages sketching biological systems at varying magnification levels and detail to assist with developing analogies to engineering principles and components. Assists with thinking and reasoning about the form and function of the biological system [56]. ...
Bio-inspired design (BID) has the potential to evolve the way engineers and designers solve problems. Several tools have been developed to assist one or multiple phases of the BID process. These tools, typically studied individually and through the performance of college students, have yielded interesting results for increasing the novelty of solutions. However, not much is known about the likelihood of the tools being integrated into the design and development process of established companies. The mixed-methods study presented in this paper seeks to address this gap by providing industry engineers and designers hands-on training with the BID process and four BID tools. Understanding which tools are valued and could be adopted in an industry context is the goal. The results indicate multiple encouraging outcomes including that industry practitioners highly valued the process framework tool (BID canvas) as it allows for flexibility in tool use, as well as valued learning with a suite of BID tools rather than a single one to accommodate different workflows and ways of thinking.
... In this respect, years of research in bio-inspired design (BID) can be considered as enabler of the evolution of the manufacturing and production systems towards the exploitation of biologic principles, as better justified below. BID is a well-known field with ramifications in analogical thinking (Fu et al., 2014;Yargin et al., 2018), creative design (Weidner et al., 2018) and problem solving, especially in relation to TRIZ (Baldussu and Cascini, 2015). Other terms are diffusedly used to indicate the concept of BID, such as biomimicry and biomimetics (Fayemi et al., 2017), but the differences between these concepts are subtle and all of them can be used as synonyms in the design field, as they all mirror the definition introduced by the German standard VDI 6620 (2012). ...
The paper investigates to what extent the knowledge accumulated in the field of Bio-Inspired Design might benefit the process of biologicalisation in manufacturing. According to visions making inroads in the manufacturing field, the latter will not be limited to the consideration and the analysis of biological principles as a source of inspiration for solving technical and organizational problems. In fact, the process of biologicalisation in manufacturing foresees the development of bio-integrated and bio-intelligent systems. In light of these expected developments, Bio-Inspired Design’s might fail to support the whole transition to take place in the manufacturing field. Methodological limitations still to overcome represent an important barrier in this perspective too. While a transfer of knowledge from the design to the manufacturing domain seems unlikely, the authors individuate aspects that encourage cross-fertilization between Bio-Inspired Design and biologicalisation in manufacturing. These include the need to include biologists in engineering teams, the objective of sustainable development, and a shared attention to the evolution of (Design for) Additive Manufacturing.
... • Les processus biomimétiques descriptifs Freitas Salgueiredo, 2013;Goel, Vattam, et al., 2014;Helms et al., 2009;ISO/TC266, 2015;Lenau, 2013;Lindemann & Gramann, 2004;Speck & Speck, 2008) • Les processus biomimétiques prescriptifs (Badarnah & Kadri, 2014;Baumeister et al., 2013;Bogatyrev & Vincent, 2008;Chakrabarti et al., 2005;Cheong et al., 2011;Kruiper et al., 2018;Sartori et al., 2010;Weidner et al., 2018) 42 Le nombre de processus ne cesse d'augmenter encore aujourd'hui et crée une disparité conceptuelle dans l'écosystème de la conception biomimétique . Ces processus sont développés le plus souvent pour s'adapter à des cadres spécifiques, tels que l'ingénierie de la conception, ce qui implique que les équipes doivent être suffisamment expertes pour pouvoir sélectionner le processus le plus pertinent pour le projet à traiter. ...
... Lors des étapes de fouilles (étape 4) et de sélection (étape 5) des modèles biologiques d'intérêts en proposant (i) des outils numériques permettant l'identification de mots-clés biologiques (Cheong et al., 2011;Hyunmin Cheong et al., 2014;Vakili & Shu, 2001), (ii) des outils de modélisation permettant de représenter, sélectionner et comprendre les données biologiques (Chakrabarti et al., 2005;Töre Yargın et al., 2018), (iii) des outils permettant de formaliser automatiquement des modèles biologiques (Kim & Lee, 2017;Rugaber et al., 2016), (iv) des outils comparatifs permettant de choisir le(s) modèle(s) biologique(s) pertinent(s) (Badarnah & Kadri, 2014;Jacobs et al., 2014;Weidner et al., 2018) ou encore (v) des bases de données de modèles biologiques (Chakrabarti et al., 2005;Goel et al., 2012). ...
Bien que prometteuses et connaissant une évolution croissante, la mise en œuvre de la conception biomimétique et de l’approche du biomimétisme reste complexe et rencontre de nombreux freins méthodologiques et pratiques. Dans ce contexte, cette thèse de doctorat explore comment l’intégration de designers dans les équipes de conception, permet de favoriser le déploiement de la conception biomimétique. Cet axe de recherche nous a permis de définir le rôle des designers dans le cadre de projet en conception biomimétique notamment pour faciliter le transfert de connaissances et la génération de concepts inspirés du vivant. Pour favoriser leur intégration et pour structurer les apports globaux du Design pour la conception biomimétique, des préconisations méthodologiques et organisationnelles sont proposées. De plus, un ensemble de modifications sur le processus de conception biomimétique problem-driven unifié ont été formalisées afin qu’il s’adapte aux pratiques de conception et d’innovation. Les résultats de ces recherches nous permettent d’enrichir conjointement le champ scientifique et le champ industriel de la conception biomimétique. Ces travaux ouvrent des perspectives de recherche à court, moyen et long terme pour développer les recherches concernant le rôle et les impacts des designers et du Design en conception biomimétique, sur le développement du cadre méthodologique et enfin sur la bascule entre la biomimétique et le biomimétisme.
... Each iteration leads the team to better define or identify new solution spaces and so increases their chance of finding relevant models. These observations are not new, various approach choose to distinguish these two phases (search and identification) (Weidner et al. 2018), but, in our opinion, their intrinsic link (user will always make choices during a search to prevent an overwhelming number of irrelevant results) justify their gathering as one step. However, to harmonize the state name with the literature and the observed practice, we will name the 4 th step "Search and identify potential biological models". ...
... The selection step then relies on the comparison of those evaluations to identify the best fitting strategies. For more information on the selection criteria to consider, we refer the reader to several articles that have been describing this phase Fayemi et al. 2015;Weidner et al. 2018). ...
Biomimetics has been a subject of increasing interest but, where it has proven its scientific relevance and innovative potential from a theoretical standpoint, it remains rarely used in practice. Facing this lack of implementation, our work aimed at asking practitioners for their help to better understand the remaining impediments preventing biomimetics’ blooming. Thus, practitioners’ feedback and experts’ opinion on risks, adequacy and weaknesses of the current biomimetic practices were gathered and structured to present an extensive descriptive phase on biomimetic processes. Key levers for improvements, such as the need for a better risk management, the need for biological expertise and the need for clear guidance during the process, were then identified. Based on these insights various methodological contributions are prescribed. Among these inputs, the duration of the various steps of the biomimetic process was estimated through industrial projects’ feedback, semantics misunderstandings were tackled, and the integration of a new transdisciplinary profile combining an expertise in both design and biology is proposed. From these improvements, a new version of the unified problem-driven biomimetic process is proposed. A final descriptive phase performed through the evaluation of the new process by professionals underlined its relevancy along with the remaining research axes. Through the integration of a new profile matching the practitioners’ current needs and the adaptation of the process to their feedback, this article aims at proposing a biomimetic process fitting the reality of biomimetic practice in order to support its implementation.
