Biomimicry: Design by Analogy to Biology

Design Development Based on an Analogy with Developmental Biology

This paper introduces the commonality between diversity in the biological world and diversity in artifact design. It proposes a computational model of design development based on the analogy with the phenomena and principles of developmental biology. The model is feature based and is capable of varying design in logic, geometry, attribute and phase. Examples demonstrate this biological analogy ...

Improving Cycling Through Design Informed by Biomimicry, Cognition, and Perception

Synthetic biology: biology by design

Correspondence M. A. J. Roberts mark.roberts@qmul.ac.uk Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Garrod Building, Turner St., Whitechapel, London E1 2AD, UK Prokarium Ltd, Stephenson Building, Keele Science Park, Keele, Staffordshire ST5 5SP, UK The Roslin Institute & Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, ...

Interpretation of Design Drawings by Analogy

Visual analogical mapping and transfer can be used to derive a structural model of a drawing by analogy, and, moreover, the problem of analogical mapping can be guided by using functional knowledge. We view the interpretation drawings of designs as deriving a structural model of the components and connections of the depicted device. This problem is not deductive in nature but, rather, it is abd...

Design, Analogy, and Creativity Design, Analogy, and Creativity

ion over Analog and New Model New Model Figure 3: Model-Based Analogy in IDEAL Figure 3 illustrates a portion of IDEAL's computational process that pertains to the learning, reminding and use of GTMs in analogical design. A design problem to IDEAL speci es the functional requirements of the desired device together with behavioral and structural constraints (if any). For example, one design prob...