Publication
A Natural Language Approach to Biomimetic Design
AbstractIdentifying relevant analogies from biology is a significant challenge for both designers who are interested in applying biological analogies for design and researchers who are developing general methods to support biomimetic design. This chapter discusses how a natural language approach facilitates the identification of biological analogies. We review methods developed to locate useful biological knowledge in natural language format, for example books and papers, as well as apply the identified knowledge to design solutions. We then discuss how these methods can bridge the gap between the increasing amounts of available information in biology and the goal of capturing computational design knowledge for biomimetic design. Finally, application examples of the natural language approach demonstrate that this approach can identify nonobvious analogies that are based on the transfer of abstract strategies, in addition to the direct mimicries that are used in most other biologically inspired design solutions.LINK
Related Resources
See what’s new.
2024
Performance-Aided DesignAn innovative product design process that integrates sensor-collected…
2001
On Subdivision Schemes Generalizing Uniform B-spline Surfaces of Arbitrary DegreeWe introduce a new class of subdivision surfaces which generalize…
2023
Machine Shop Safety 101: How to Work Smart & SafeA primer on machine shop safety from the Fusion 360 team. …
Get in touch
Something pique your interest? Get in touch if you’d like to learn more about Autodesk Research, our projects, people, and potential collaboration opportunities.
Contact us