1. Allometric scaling of select biohybrid and organic devices.
Allometric scaling of select biohybrid and organic devices. (A) Length-velocity scaling of biohybrid and organic robots as compared with animals with similar locomotion types and environments on a log-log scale. Overall, the speed of robotic devices is about two orders of magnitude lower than that of similarly sized animals. (B) Reynolds number–velocity relationship of biohybrid and organic robots compared with animals with similar locomotion types and environments on a log-log scale. Overall, the robotic devices function in a lower Reynolds number regime, indicating the need for improvements in velocity, or attention to appropriate modes of locomotion.
Victoria A. Webster-Wood et al. Sci. Robotics 2017;2:eaap9281
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