31.15.2 - Bio-Inspired Maintenance Robots
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What does bio-inspired design mean?
💡 Hint: Think about animals and their natural abilities.
Name one advantage of bio-inspired robots.
💡 Hint: Consider how animals move in their environments.
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What is the purpose of bio-inspired maintenance robots?
💡 Hint: Think about the design's relationship with nature.
True or False: Insect-bots can navigate small crevices.
💡 Hint: Think about the size of insects compared to humans.
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Design a conceptual bio-inspired robot for a specific civil engineering maintenance task. Explain the biological inspiration and how it improves the process.
💡 Hint: Think about an animal’s unique movements or adaptations.
Critically assess the potential societal impacts, both positive and negative, of implementing bio-inspired robots in urban infrastructure maintenance.
💡 Hint: Consider how these robots change existing workflows.
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