Bioinspired Haircell Receptive Sensors

Abstract

Artificial lateral line sensing technique inspired by the lateral line of fish has been developed through interdisciplinary collaborations among engineers, material scientists and biologists. Constituted by numerous superficial neuromasts and canal neuromasts, the lateral line of fish has been studied from both biological and engineering perspectives. By learning from the anatomic structure and the sensing mechanism of the biological system, superficial biomimetic neuromast (BN), canal BN, BN with artificial cupula, and artificial lateral line (ALL) have all been realized using MEMS technology and characterized under various flow conditions. The superficial BN has achieved unprecedented high sensitivity in fluid flow sensing. The canal BN demonstrated low-pass filtering and selective sensing capabilities. The artificial cupula pushed the BN's sensitivity to an even higher level. At the system level, different ALLs have been configured for some typical biologically-relevant flow-sensing scenarios using superficial or canal BNs. Implemented with specially developed algorithms, the ALLs successfully localized some underwater vibrating sources via hydrodynamic imaging, and demonstrated schooling capability.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 23, 2009
Accession Number
ADA567105

Entities

People

  • Chang Liu
  • Douglas Jones
  • Friedrich Bath
  • Horst Bleckmann
  • Joseph Humphrey
  • Rajesh R Naik
  • Sheryl Coombs
  • Vladimir V. Tsukruk

Organizations

  • Northwestern University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Autonomy
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Structures
  • Boundary Layer
  • Cells
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Fish
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanics
  • Medical Personnel
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Three Dimensional

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Inertial Navigation Systems.
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science

Technology Areas

  • Biotechnology