Biomimicry of Crocodile

This is the final post of the blog. This post summarise our 14 weeks journey of biomimicry and provide some recommendation to further improve this project.  As a final post to conclude our biomimicry journey, here is a summary of the past posts. In the beginning, the anatomy of the crocodile was first discussed to highlight the several unique features of the crocodile. The next post talks about more in-depth review of these distinct features and the working mechanism behind these nature wonders. The following post focuses on other bio-inspirations by the crocodile or other inventions that was inspired by the crocodile. After that, our team came up with our own idea that was inspired by the crocodile which is the piezoelectric sensor and the theory as well as the principle behind our idea was discussed. Finally, each of the team member express our own reflections and thoughts about the blog. To conclude, we learnt, studied and came up with new ideas all based on one animal. Thi

This post displays every member's personal reflection.  Loh Wei Sheng Piezoelectric sensors mimicked from the integumentary sensory organ (ISO) from crocodile is the most interesting proposed used of biomimicry that was developed in blog. This is because the piezoelectric sensor is able to solve some of the issues face by the common sensors used for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The function of AUV is to detect submerged debris, rocks and obstacles that may threaten navigation for commercial or recreational crafts. There are a few different type of sensors used for AUV in the market such as optical sensor and sound sensor but they face some issues. The visibility of the optical sensor is low when it is placed in the deep water while the sound sensor may harm the marine lives. In order to overcome the issues mentioned above, piezoelectric pressure sensors inspired by the crocodile can be invented. By using the piezoelectric pressure sensors inspired by the crocodile, th