I have helped my collaborator Torben Lenau from the Technical University of Denmark with biological input to a chapter on the biomimetic potential of self-organisation and self-healing in nature. The chapter forms part of the book ‘Engineered Biomimicry, which reviews a broad range of current biomimetic research and is edited by Prof Lakhtakia from Pennsylvania State University and Prof Martin-Palma from Universidad Autonoma de Madrid.
In our chapter we discuss a range of different behaviours and phenomena in nature including swarming and navigation in bird flocks, collective decision making in social insects and growth, self-sealing and self-healing in plants and animals.
Lenau, T. and Hesselberg, T. 2013. Biomimetic self-organisation and self-healing. In Engineered Biomimicry (Eds Lakhtakia,, A. and Martin-Palma, R. J.) (pages 333-358). Elsevier, Amsterdam.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780124159952
Prospectus
Self-organization and self-healing appeal to humans since difficult and repeated actions can be avoided through automation. This is in contrast to the toplevel controlled manner we normally apply as an action strategy in manufacturing and maintenance work. The present chapter inspect eight different self-organizing and self-healing approaches in nature and take a look at realized and potential applications. Furthermore the core principles for each approach are described using simplified drawings in order to make the ideas behind the self-organizing and self-healing principles more accessible to design practitioners.
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