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Biomimicry as a bridege between technology and nature Our vision Biomimicry, a bridge between technology and nature. Up Biomimicry , an R&D tool Welcome to Bioxegy , where the ingenuity of nature inspires sustainable technological innovations. We firmly believe that biomimicry is the ideal tool for reconciling humanity with nature , innovating in a constantly evolving world and developing sustainable technologies in the face of global challenges. Because it draws on the wisdom and intelligence of living know-how , biomimicry is the tool with the most potential to allow companies to imagine their future . The billions of years of R&D carried out by nature in a constrained environment, with limited resources, make it an effective, but also durable, and often very elegant tool. Bioxegy , reference in biomimicry Bioxegy is the central player in this biomimetic revolution . Our goal is to spread and systematise innovation through biomimicry . We bring biomimicry to life, taking it from a concept to the material world, and having a real and measurable impact. Our mission is to help all types of players that are ready to innovate with a strong environmental and social conscience . We are idealistic in our ambitions to reconcile technology and nature, but pragmatic in our approach. At Bioxegy , the ingenuity of nature becomes a source of tangible innovation . Our unique expertise is based on a harmonious fusion of technical and biological knowledge. We use the most modern tools, from our biomimetic database to cutting-edge simulation tools, supported by high-level academic and technical partnerships. To become our partner and make biomimicry a reality in your field, contact us! Contact us As a world reference in the integration of biomimicry into industry, our ambition goes beyond technical studies: we also develop our own first-rate biomimetic technologies , surpassing their conventional equivalents in performance and durability. Giving meaning to inventors and creators At Bioxegy, we give meaning to imagination, to design and technological development . We see our team as enlightened innovators, bridges between the shores of nature's wisdom and those of the challenges of the industrial world. Our bioxonauts, the members of the Bioxegy team , come from diverse backgrounds and training, to work on projects in a wide variety of scientific, technical and industrial fields . Their skills, ranging from coding to biology , chemistry, fluid dynamics, thermal engineering, etc., can be fully expressed and meaningful in the projects we carry out for French and European manufacturers. If you think you share this vision, join us in our quest to bring to life a sustainable future, inspired by nature and shaped by human genius. Together, we can spread and systematise innovation through biomimicry , and make it a common and viable response to global challenges. Join us

Le biomimétisme est une boîte à outils performante pour aider les acteurs du secteur aéronautique à muscler leur R&D. Confrontés à des défis techniques, environnementaux et réglementaires sans précédents, le biomimétisme leur propose des réponses efficaces et prometteuses ! Biomimicry: an optimisation catalyst for transport and logistics Logistics & transport are key for a large part of our economies and industries. It is a strategic area which represents €43 billion of France's GDP . The challenge of transformation and optimization is significant: the sector represents 31% of GHG emissions on a global scale. DIAGNOSTIC In our modern economies, transport and logistics are omnipresent. And this on several scales and through several vectors: maritime, fluvial, road, air or rail transport, storage and warehousing, hub-and-spoke, digitisation, etc. Given the substantial volume of goods exchanged (368.5 billion tonne-kilometres of goods transited by road in France in 2018), the slightest optimisation can have significant economic and environmental effects. The major optimisation challenges for the sector fall into 3 categories: Better matching stocks to production; Optimise goods routes and flow, as well as the technologies used; Optimise space & storage. In addition, there are two socio-environmental objectives which are gaining importance : on one hand automation and robotisation to cut costs and reduce drudgery, and on the other reduction of the often criticised ecological footprint. How can the transport and logistics sector integrate technical optimisation and sustainability in the pursuit of its development? Biomimicry, transport and logistics: A pioneer in the field, Bioxegy explains how biomimicry is a technological response of choice for imagining the future of goods flows and networks. Flow management and optimisation, resilient and adaptive networks, distributed intelligence, data detection and interpretation, conditionning, packaging, robotics and industry 4.0: there is no shortage of areas of bio-inspired innovation in transport and logistics. What insights can biomimicry provide into technilogical development? Every day, nature ensures the mobility of billions of species, in constrained environments. To ensure the complex orchestration of ecosystems, living organisms must also guarantee extreme optimisated management of resources and information. An expert at managing production and optimising inventory, often far-sighted, but also a just-in-time specialist, nature has developped unstoppable and sophisticated logistical mechanisms. Biologists from all fields are highlighting the ability of living beings to minimise empty spaces, take the most optimal routes, perfect storage systems, organise space and save energy... Thus, there are a whole range of relevant solutions for shaping the logistics technologies of the future! European expert in biomimicry, Bioxegy shares its studies with you to explain how bio-inspired R&D is a significant lever in terms of innovation. Below, a non-exhaustive series of particularly interesting biomimetic horizons to help you plan ahead. The contributions of biomimicry in transport and logistics concern the following areas: Managing & Optimising Flow Intelligence Distributed Resilient And Adaptive Networks Detection & Optics Robotics and Apprehension Design of Systems ( industrial design) Packaging & Conditionning Related Areas: Tribology, Hydrodynamics,... Biomimicry, transport and logistics: overview of areas and promising levers. Testimonials & Projects Available soon Biomimicry in your sector Available soon

Biomimétisme : la question de la détection et du traitement des informations est centrale dans de nombreuses industries, notamment celles de la mobilité. Le biomimétisme est un outil de conception idéal, qui repose sur l'intelligence des systèmes d'appréhension et de communication naturels. Biomimicry, detection and information processing: shaping the intelligent systems of the future. Across industries, especially in mobility, the trend is toward empowerment and connectivity. Infrastructure, furniture, equipment, household appliances, vehicles, planes, drones, trains or metros: systems must be ever more intelligent, connected, responsive and reliable. Depending on the industry and the context considered, they must be able to detect and interpret an environment, understand or anticipate an ongoing phenomenon or measure physical data with precision, including in the event of partial failure. Manufacturers, whoever they may be, are therefore developping all kinds of sensors, particularly optical or reflective. And for the information collected to have value, it must obviously be processed and induced an adequate and rapid response from the system and its calculation units, particularly for embedded systems in the mobility sector. Signal processing methods, the algorithms that govern them, memory management and calculation speed are quickly becoming technological issues. These systems and intelligences will also be the subject of intense competition. How can we increase the multisensorality and reliability of systems and develop new types of sensors? How to improve detection skills? How to develop fast and simple artificial intelligence? Information management was not invented by man. Nature is much more experienced and can offer many particularly interesting lessons. Nature orchestrates complex ecosystems. To interact, species must understand the environment around them and therefore analyse the information they perceive. Hearing, sight, touch, sensitivity to magnetic fields, chemoreceptors: the intelligence of perception methods is almost infinite. Processing complex signals, correlating them and making appropriate decisions is the most common activity in all living species. Each individual has a nervous system and a brain that allows them to respond to complex, sometimes unprecedented, situations to ensure their daily survival. The processing of information is not an animal monopoly, since it is also carried out in the plant world. Natural treatment principles and systems are highly effective, regardless of the neuronal capacities of the species studied. They are both simple and sophisticated, extremely efficient and fundamentally sober in their design and consumption. A specialist in the field, Bioxegy explains to you why and how biomimicry is a source of solutions and new approaches for designing the detection and information processing systems of the future. Here we provide you with a selection of particularly evocative examples. The human vision: optimising the reaction speed of autonomous embedded systems. Traditional methods of processing information involve analysing the perceived image, pixel by pixel. Their reactivity remains relative. These techniques can be replaced by an approach inspired by the human “retina-cortex” binary. It invites us to no longer study the entirety of each image but to record modifications of certain global characteristics such as hue, speed or direction. This type of processing makes it possible to quickly eliminate irrelevant elements such as buildings or trees on the side of the road or an object moving away from the vehicle. Inspired by human vision , the French company Prophesee has designed vision systems offering machines with reactivity that is close to ours. This technology is based on the observation of events rather than images. More energy efficient and multifunctional, this bio-inspired system finds applications in many sectors : from automobiles to health, including robotics and industrial assembly. Prophesee has a string of international awards: the company was nominated for the Silicon 60 Class of the American magazine EE Times for the third consecutive year in 2019 as well as winning the Top Innovation 2019 prize from inVISION magazine. Crédits images : © Prophesee Dragonflies: optimise anticipation of trajectories and detection of obstacles. In the field of mobility, autonomous vehicles, trains, or drones must be able to understand their environment. To do this, algorithms must be able to analyse the reality of a given situation. Intelligent, they must be able to anticipate the trajectories of other objects. In the case of land mobility: other cars, pedestrians, cyclists for example. Even if it is a faculty mastered by human beings, we are far from being the most gifted in this area. Many insects are much more reactive and clever than we are. They could inspire new methods of developping algorithms. The dragonfly is a formidable predator: its success rate is estimated at 95% (compared to 50% for the white shark). It has 360° vision and an exceptional reaction time of 30 milliseconds. It is especially impressive with its ability to follow its prey, notably flies, midges and mosquitoes, and to anticipate their trajectories to better catch them in mid-flight. This biological model of the dragonfly turns out to be less complex to study than that of humans and the still unknown mechanisms of their brain. Researchers from the universities of Lund in Sweden and Adelaide in Australia therefore looked at the insect to understand its ability to detect movements and anticipate trajectories in order to replicate it within artificial neural networks. They designed an autonomous robot to test their innovation which would optimise the analysis of the trajectories of objects tracked in the vehicle environment. This technology will open the way to a better reaction to incidents and risky situations and the possibility of creating better maneuvers to avoid obstacles or other vehicles. Crédits images : © University of Adelaide Locust swarms: an unrivaled anti-collision system. When it comes to computers and on-board systems, the question of overload often arises. How to prioritise information in a dense data flow? This is particularly the case in the field of mobility, for which it is important to develop rapid analysis systems capable of detecting collisions. The prioritisation of perceived information is a specialty of nature, which must solicit the nervous systems of animals as little as possible to guarantee low energy consumption. Here too, biomimicry can provide intelligent answers! Let's look at the locust: this insect has the particularity of being able to move in swarms. Some clouds of locusts even reach more than 40 million individuals per km²! Despite this incredible density, the risk of collision between individuals is extremely low. It is clear that the locust's ability to avoid its congeners is extremely perfected and very rationaliqed, as the insect must react quickly by means of a nervous system that is infinitely simple compared to the human brain. How do they avoid the collisions? The locust has a giant neuron inside its brain, responsible for controlling the insect. The visual stimuli perceived by the locust generate electrical potentials travelling along the optic nerve to the giant neuron. This acts as a filter: for the vision of a locust, objects or congeners flying on a collision course generate a greater electrical potential than congeners flying in parallel. These strong signals inducing higher voltage manage to pass through the giant neuron to reach the brain. Other signals are filtered and neglected. Thus, the locust is only concerned with a small number of elements and obstacles. The others are ignored automatically. By studying the functioning of this neuron, researchers at the University of Lincoln have developped a fast and economical sensor for autonomous vehicles. Particularly useful research for developping algorithms capable of acting in traffic-laden environments or quite simply for de-saturating embedded system computers. Crédits images : ©Bilal Tarabey / AFP © Klaus Rudloff - www.aquaportail.com The elephant fish: ultra-sophisticated detection in disturbed environments thanks to the electric field. The elephant fish (Gnathonemus petersii) is a nocturnal fish found in African rivers. It evolves in particularly murky environments, turbulent and dark waters. Despite everything, it is quite capable of spotting its prey and its peers. Its detection method is based on an electric field that it produces by muscular contraction. It then perceives the slightest variation in this electric field thanks to its electro-receptors to locate its prey or its peers. Inspired by this electrical sense, the French company Elwave was able to develop a set of sensors allowing the detection and electromagnetic characterisation in real time of all types of objects at 360°. Already used to guide underwater robots or detect buried objects, this technology can considerably reduce the risk of blind spots and poor visibility for a vehicle in circulation. Crédits images : © Elwave The nictitating membranes of camelids: ensuring the cleaning of sensors There is little point in developping high-performance and sophisticated sensors if they become clogged and blind in poor weather conditions. Here is an example that Bioxegy worked on, in the automotive sector. Current cleaning systems, which are nozzles similar to windshield nozzles, often require a lot of water and require very regular maintenance, which is impossible to carry out over long journeys. Consumption has even been estimated at 100 L/h in snowy weather! Faced with this problem with one of its clients, Bioxegy turned to camelids, camels and dromedaries. These desert mammals must confront the aridity of their environment and face particularly intense sandstorms. They still manage to clean their eyes of impurities and grains of sand. They owe this very particular ability to their nictitating membranes, transparent third eyelids which ensure the protection of the eyeball as well as its cleaning. This "biological system" is particularly effective because it minimises the use of the tear glands which lubricate the cleaning action. Inspired by this principle, Bioxegy's teams were able to imagine a mechatronic cleaning device for the optical sensors of autonomous vehicles, saving water and energy! Discover the whole project Crédits images : © Bioxegy Desert ants: orient themselves in space using only light rays Can we consider that a vehicle or train whose orientation relies exclusively on a battery of satellites as truly autonomous? This is the question that arises for autonomous vehicles whose guidance is done by GPS. Indeed, this system presents certain limitations, apart from the quantity of infrastructure necessary for its operation, such as its resolution varying from 5 to 15 meters or its sensitivity to storms or fog. The democratisation of autonomous means of transport, particularly in certain regions of the world, could quickly mean that a particular vehicle must find its way by itself without using GPS. But, what if the answer came from ants? Desert ants (Cataglyphis) have an exceptional ability to position themselves in space. They are able to find their way without resorting to phenomena, these chemical receptors normally used by other species of ants. Their positionning technique is based on a triple strategy: they study the polarisation of sunlight, measure the distance by optical flow and count their steps. Researchers from the National Center of Scientific Research and the University of Aix-Marseille , at the Institute of Movement Sciences - Étienne Jules Mayer (ISM) have designed the Antbot robot, directly inspired by these desert ants. Antbot replicates the navigation stratagem of ants and is able to return to its starting point after a random exploration of 14 meters within one centimeter. Note here that this technology requires very low computing capacity, therefore considerable savings in equipment, weight and energy. This technique could inspire other navigation technologies in many areas, notably mobility, and lead to simple and efficient equipment. Crédits images : ©Michael Mangan & Hugh Pastoll ©Julien Dupeyroux, ISM (CNRS/AMU) Other promising prospects for biomimicry in industrial sectors Biomimicry & aerodynamics : a commonplace Discover Biomimicry & NVH: improving noise and vibration mitigation technologies Discover Biomimicry to cope with the elements (abrasion, erosion, oxidation) Discover Biomimicry, structures and materials : the winning bet of lightweight design Discover Biomimmicry & tribologie : a promising technological duo Discover

Reach out to engage in a R&D project with us Companies : Let's choose biomimicry! A new ally for your innovation: 3.8 billion years of R&D. Up Bioxegy's offer in short: choose biomimicry to boost your innovation and R&D! Please fill out the form below and a member of Bioxegy's team will get in contact with you as soon as possible! Send Thank you for contacting us! As France's biomimicry expert, Bioxegy offers to imagine, create and develop bio-inspired technologies alongside your innovation and R&D teams. A unique opportunity to shape the future of your value chain, drawing on the intelligence of nature's know-how. Tempted by this adventure? Join the 40 or so manufacturers who have already chosen to trust our expertise, which is unique in Europe.

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. The history of biomimicry Bioxegy tells you a story From Leonardo da Vinci's ornithopter to modern architecture inspired by termites, in these articles you will discover the hidden face of biomimicry . Its history, its evolution, the portraits of the great actors and actresses who have enabled and continue to enable its development, ... It's all there! And even a set of articles that will serve as a procedure to become a biomimetician yourself! Circular Economy, Biomimicry and IT Circular economy is the norm in nature: all products are 100% recycled and recyclable. Waste does not exist at the level of natural... Design and biomimicry: when efficiency rhymes with elegance! In general, drawing inspiration from nature for design is more of an artistic approach than a technical one. And yet, the living has been... Biomimicry in sport, a fantastic innovation coach Biomimicry and sport are teammates in the race for innovation! Every year, science enables sport to push back performance standards, both... At the start of each biomimetic reflection , there is the observation of living things . Do not hesitate to look at our “Biological sources of inspiration ”, which will surely give you some ideas for interesting innovations in living things. Discover our sources of organic inspiration

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Achieving successful biomimicry projects thanks to taylored multidisciplinarity Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Créer des solutions bio-inspirées de pointe pour les véhicules du futur AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile (confidentiel) Découvrir Identifier des technologies de rupture pour optimiser la gestion des flux voyageurs MOBILITÉ Client : Acteur majeur de la mobilité (confidentiel) Découvrir Créer de nouvelles technologies automobiles valorisables auprès des constructeurs AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile leader en France (confidentiel) Découvrir Identifier des pistes biomimétiques pour les moteurs d'hélicoptères AÉRONAUTIQUE Client : Safran Helicopter Engines Découvrir Optimiser un processus d'assemblage pour le développement d'un nouveau médicament INDUSTRIE PHARMACEUTIQUE Client : Acteur de l'industrie pharmaceutique (confidentiel) Découvrir Faire sauter des verrous technologiques pour développer un mode de transport collectif autonome MOBILITÉ Client : Consortium majeur d'acteurs de la mobilité & IoT (confidentiel) Découvrir Imaginer les services de nettoyage du futur grâce au biomimétisme PROPRETÉ Client : GSF, acteur majeur de l'industrie du nettoyage et services associés en France Découvrir Découvrir le potentiel du biomimétisme dans votre secteur

Le biomimétisme, en tant que méthodologie R&D innovante axée sur la performance, la durabilité et la sobriété, consiste à tirer parti des processus, des compositions, des formes et des interactions présents dans les systèmes biologiques naturels. En exploitant ces principes, le biomimétisme permet la création de technologies novatrices qui ont un impact environnemental positif. Biomimicry The main points of a new and innovative R&D method Definition, issues, sectors and trends Before our eyes there have always been innovative solutions to the many industrial problems of today and tomorrow, at the very heart of Nature and its ingenuity. Indeed, 3.8 billion years of evolution have produced robust, simple and optimal solutions. For the past twenty years, these biological systems, tested by time and the constraints of a hostile, constantly changing environment have attracted growing interest from the academic and industrial spheres. The resulting bio-inspired technological solutions are applicable to all sectors of industry, from incremental or disruptive innovation. Don't wait any longer and come and discover in more detail the issues, sectors and major trends of this new innovative R&D method that is biomimicry. Learn more Emblematic technologies: Discover our top 5 What nature has in store for us will never cease to amaze us, let alone the bio-inspired technologies that result from it. This technological diversity is rapidly expanding, particularly since the 2000s, and to cite just a few examples , we have put together the Top 5 emblematic technologies of biomimicry! Learn more Analysis & potential of the sector The innovation potential of biomimicry is immense. Numerous reports and measurement indicators highlight the exponential growth of biomimicry since the 2000s in the academic and industrial worlds. This growing interest can be explained by the relevance of biomimicry in several respects. Indeed, the environmental benefits are considerable, particularly in the fight to reduce CO2 emissions. On a socio-economic level, by 2030, biomimicry could represent nearly $425 billion per year of US GDP (i.e. 1.8%) and 2 million jobs in the United States! To learn more about the potential of this proven and internationally recognised vector of innovation, and about Bioxegy's vision and development, click here! Learn more Technical areas of interest Many technical fields such as aerodynamics, optics or even acoustics, to name just a few, are at the heart of our industries. These essential technical areas can nevertheless be confronted with a multitude of technological barriers (technical obstacles, equipment, regulations, standards, etc.). Discover through a wide range of examples how biomimicry manages to resolve these obstacles in numerous technical fields and thus make it possible to imagine, design and develop new and innovative bio-inspired technologies. Learn more Bioxegy on BSMART Learn more Our Podcast : Incroyable Nature (FR) Learn more

Biomimicry uses the ingenuity of the living world to inspire the technologies and services of the future. Bioxegy is Europe's pioneering biomimicry design and engineering company. Dare to innovate in bio-inspired R&D! Our biomimetic R&D expertise Bioxegy, expert and pioneer in biomimicry in France Up A cutting-edge biomimetic R&D expertise validated by our international industrial partners. Since 2018, Bioxegy has continually developed its unique expertise in biomimetic R&D , and thus has a methodology proven through more than 80 projects carried out with our industrial partners ! In order to promote the rapid development of efficient and tangible biomimetic solutions for our partners, our methodology is schematically divided into 4 “Phases” that accompany the rise in maturity of bio-inspired technology : from pre-concept to industrialisation. Bioxegy Biomimétisme Discover our expertise : PHASE 1 PHASE 2 PHASE 3 PHASE 4 Pre B iomimetic Study Advanced Biomimetic Design Study Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project PHASE 1 : Pre Biomimetic Study Objective - TRL 1 - 3 Phase 1 is often the first format of collaboration between Bioxegy and an industrial partner. The purpose is to resolve one or more industrial problems thanks to biomimetic pre-concepts and developmental approaches formulated by Bioxegy. It is then about selecting the most promising project for the development of a high-performance technological solution. Throughout Phase 1, Bioxegy familiarises itself with the specificities of its partner (products, constraints, industrial environment, etc.) and uses its expertise to provide possible solutions to the industrial problems submitted. Unfolding - 3 - 6 months In Phase 1, Bioxegy is able to carry out its work almost autonomously after the launch of the project. A mid-project workshop allows us to prioritise and select the most promising biomimetic avenues in consultation with our partner. Bioxegy then finely formulates a biomimetic pre-concept which will be developed in Phase 2. Common types of results The results at the end of Phase 1 can take different forms depending on the type of subjects covered and the needs of our partner: from a simple technical note supported by the latest work of scientific experts to pre-dimensioning validated by finite elements or CFD simulations. Pre Biomimetic Study Advanced Biomimetic Design Study Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project PHASE 2 : Advanced Biomimetic Design Study Objective - TRL 3 - 4 Most often following a Phase 1, Phase 2 consists of continuing the development of an biomimetic technology that has been identified and considered promising. The objective of Phase 2 is to demonstrate and precisely characterise the performance of a biomimetic concept in the specific industrial case submitted by our partner. Unfolding - 4 - 12 mois The progress of Phase 2 depends on the type of expected results and the collaboration method collaboration with our partner. In particular, we have the expertise to be autonomous in modeling and simulation work, with workshops and steering committees organized as necessary. In the case of experimental studies, we can work directly with the laboratories and technicians of our partners, or in contact with third-party academic partners depending on the needs of the project. Common types of results Depending on the level of maturity at the start of the project and the type of technology considered, advanced design can take many different forms: analytical modeling, numerical simulations, algorithm development, chemical formulations, first prototypes, implementation of an experience plan, partner benchmark, etc. Pre Biomimetic Study Advanced Biomimetic Design Study Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project PHASE 3 : Proof-of-Concept (POC), Projet Expérimental Objective - TRL 5 - 6 Phase 3 can follow various objectives depending on the projects, partners or industrial context. Usually it will consist of carrying out a proof of concept (POC) which are the first industrial demonstrators of a successful biomimetic concept. Unfolding - 3 - 18 mois The progress of a Phase 3 is extremely project-dependent and must be defined on a case-by-case basis with our partner. Bioxegy thus ensures the handover of the R&D work carried out and supports the industrialisation of the biomimetic concept. Pre Biomimetic Study Advanced Biomimetic Design St udy Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project Proof-of-Concept (POC), Experimental Project PHASE 4: Design Iteration and Industrialisation Phase 4 is considered on a case-by-case basis in order to support the scaling-up and industrialisation of technologies developed in previous Phases. Call on our expertise Through these 4 Phases, Bioxegy is able to support the rise in maturity of a technology throughout all its stages of development. We thus provide expertise that is complementary to yours in order to co-build your future innovations together and support you in your strategic areas of development: new technologies, incremental innovation, improvement of the user experience, eco-design, evolution of standards, etc. Our experience of the industry built alongside numerous partners, all sectors combined, allows us to evolve as autonomously as possible in order to limit the workload on your teams at best. Discover our sectors of activity We also offer biomimicry training to enable your teams to discover and acclimatise to our method on cases close to their issues through a one or two half-day workshop. This is the ideal format to discover biomimicry in a concrete way before a more specific development project! Discover our biomimicry training courses

Biomimicry is a formidable innovation booster. Bioxegy is the European specialist in biomimicry. We deploy our expertise and multi-disciplinary network to help you design relevant, sustainable bio-inspired innovations and generate high-impact R&D. Our scientific network Bioxegy orchestrates and activates a set of biomimetic skills, unique in Europe. Up In addition to its internal technical skills, Bioxegy also mobilises a real pool of biomimetic scientific skills in France and abroad. Biomimicry can lead to particularly ambitious R&D projects. Depending on the projects, to ensure an irreproachable quality of development, Bioxegy reinforces its organisation by orchestrating and deploying cutting-edge scientific expertise. We have mapped and built up an unprecendented network of scientific expertise in biomimicry. Our partnering laboratories and research centers are at the heart of the bio-inspired innovation projects that we conduct with our industrial customers. Their skills are precise and intervene in a targeted manner in our process of biomimetic innovation. We mobilise our scientific network during low-maturity technological projects or during testing and prototyping phases. A rich and proven universe of skills at the service of bio-inspired R&D Bioxegy leads a powerful network of trained researchers - or confirmed experts - in biomimicry. They are biologists, chemists, computer scientists, specialists in materials science or fluid mechanics, aero-acousticians, neuroscientists, ... Discover the testimonials of our experts To find out more about our partner research entities Institut Photovoltaïque d'Île-de-France (IPVF) A summit involving a collaboration with the leader in French solar energy research Discover Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) A major partnership for bio-inspired innovation Discover To learn more about our Partner Expert Network Portrait of researcher: Claude Grison Research Director at the UMR Bio-inspired Chemistry and Ecological Innovations and Scientific Director of the company BioInspir Discover Portrait of researcher: Ally Aukauloo Professor of chemistry at Paris-Saclay University, Scientific Advisor at CEA and senior member of the Institut Universitaire de France Discover

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Bioxegy on BSMART Our monthly meetings about innovation B SMART est un média d'information consacré à l'économie et la finance. Bioxegy intervient régulièrement dans l'émission quotidienne Smart Tech, animée par Delphine Sabattier, pour y présenter des innovations biomimétiques dans des domaines divers. Vous pouvez retrouvez ci-dessous toutes nos interventions : Émission du 05/11/2023 : Biomimétisme et thermorégulation, l’exemple du thon Émission du 03/10/2023 : Un adhésif inspiré par les ventouses des pieuvres ! Émission du 05/09/2023 : L’odorat des requins… et les algorithmes Émission du 10/07/2023 : La nage des dauphins Émission du 22/05/2023 : Des robots mous, bio-inspirés Émission du 17/04/2023 : Biomimétisme et santé : les micro-aiguilles Émission du 27/03/2023 : Les roseaux et l’isolation acoustique Émission du 16/01/2023 : Un revêtement anti-corrosion Émission du 21/11/2022 : Le guépard inspire la tech Émission du 24/10/2022 : Le ver de terre et la tech Émission du 09/05/2022 : La plante de la résurrection Émission du 26/09/2022 : La version tech du paresseux Émission du 29/08/2022 : L’écholocalisation de la chauve-souris Émission du 04/07/2022 : L’optique dans le vivant Émission du 20/06/2022 : Les oiseaux migrateurs Émission du 25/04/2022 : Les couleurs dans le vivant Émission du 28/03/2022 : Le secret des ours Émission du 14/02/2022 : L’eau et le diable cornu Émission du 21/01/2022 : Des fourmis et des technos Émission du 17/01/2022 : L’utile plumage du manchot Émission du 03/01/2022 : Ces mystérieuses anguilles Émission du 13/12/2021 : Biomimétisme et urgences environnementales Émission du 29/11/2021 : Valoriser les déchets grâce au biomimétisme Émission du 15/11/2021 : Des pansements bio-inspirés Émission du 18/10/2021 : L’IA et l’algorithmie bio-inspirée Émission du 04/10/2021 : Harponner des débris spatiaux grâce au dard de l'abeille Émission du 20/09/2021 : Traiter l'air pollué grâce aux toiles d'araignées Émission du 06/09/2021 : Les toiles d'araignées, une source formidable d'innovation ! Émission du 23/08/2021 : Fabriquer des systèmes de fixation inspirés des ailes des abeilles Émission du 12/07/2021 : Des robots inspirés des serpents Émission du 14/06/2021 : Un détecteur de sucre inspiré du papillon Émission du 31/05/2021 : Un drone inspiré du fruit des érables Bioxegy et le biomimétisme dans les médias

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Sources of biological inspiration Nature, the muse of Bioxegy Throughout its evolution , living beings have developped numerous capacities to adapt to very constrained environments . Inspiration from nature's various “innovations” can overcome many industrial challenges . We continually write articles describing the biological wonders that we have had the opportunity to decipher in the context of our jobs as biomimetics. Each living organism , ranging from animals to mushrooms, including plants, bacteria, micro-organisms, etc., has a structure , carries out processes , is made of materials , develops behavior , etc. from which we can draw inspiration and transpose in order to develop products, services or processes that are sustainable, functional and environmentally friendly . The dromedary, our desert ally The dromedary is one of the animals best adapted to the desert. From head to toe through its hump, this makes it an ally of choice to... The morpho butterfly, the wings of biomimicry The morpho butterfly is one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world, recognizable by its large blue wings. Fascinating in many... Tardigrade: the incredible and tiny Terminator of the living Tardigrades are everywhere! From high snow-capped mountains to the darkest seabed, from the most banal of house roofs to the emptiness of... Mother-of-pearl, a material with many virtues Mother-of-pearl is an incredible material: from its beauty to its solidity, its virtues are numerous. This fascinating material continues... Naked mole rat, the key to immortality ? The naked mole rat, rodent of the Bathyergidae family, has a multitude of surprising and interesting properties for the health industry:... One of the challenges of the biomimetic engineer is to transpose a biological innovation into a technical innovation to respond to a problem. In our articles “ Biomimicry in all its forms ”, you can discover how biomimicry can be applied to different industrial fields . Discover biomimicry in all its forms

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Achieving successful biomimicry projects thanks to taylored multidisciplinarity Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Créer des solutions bio-inspirées de pointe pour les véhicules du futur AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile (confidentiel) Découvrir Améliorer la qualité de l'air dans un espace public sous contraintes MOBILITÉ / INFRASTRUCTURES Client : Acteur majeur de la mobilité (confidentiel) Découvrir Créer de nouvelles technologies automobiles valorisables auprès des constructeurs AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile leader en France (confidentiel) Découvrir Identifier des pistes biomimétiques pour les moteurs d'hélicoptères AÉRONAUTIQUE Client : Safran Helicopter Engines Découvrir Optimiser un processus d'assemblage pour le développement d'un nouveau médicament INDUSTRIE PHARMACEUTIQUE Client : Acteur de l'industrie pharmaceutique (confidentiel) Découvrir Faire sauter des verrous technologiques pour développer un mode de transport collectif autonome MOBILITÉ Client : Consortium majeur d'acteurs de la mobilité & IoT (confidentiel) Découvrir Imaginer les services de nettoyage du futur grâce au biomimétisme PROPRETÉ Client : GSF, acteur majeur de l'industrie du nettoyage et services associés en France Découvrir Découvrir le potentiel du biomimétisme dans votre secteur

Biomimicry uses the ingenuity of the living world to inspire the technologies and services of the future. Bioxegy is France's pioneering biomimicry agency. Dare to innovate in bio-inspired R&D! Analysis of the sector’s innovation potential Explore a whole new universe of innovation through the living. Bioxegy Biomimétisme The rise of innovation through biomimicry: the Da Vinci Index Biomimicry continues to attract curiosity in the world of innovation , whether it is researchers, R&D engineers or even CSR departments,… The Da Vinci Index , is an indicator developed by the Fermanian Business & Economic Institute in the United States, it quantifies innovation through biomimicry in the world, taking into account the number of scientific publications, patents and the amount of research funding in the field. The figures speak for themselves: between 2000 and 2019, the number of publications increased 10-fold globally (and 100-fold in China!), while the number of patents grew by +740% over the same period. + Evolution of the amount of biomimetic research papers from 1995 à 2018 Indian Institut of Technology Report Building on its success, biomimicry now expresses its potential beyond the boundaries of the academic sphere. Indeed, it has been developing little by little since the 2010s, with renewed interest in 2020, in the R&D departments of many manufacturers - ranging from start-ups to multinationals , passing through the tissues of SMEs and ETIs . Moreover, in collaboration with the R&D departments of large industrial groups, Bioxegy imagines, designs and develops cutting-edge bio-inspired technologies, adapted to the different technical challenges they encounter. Discover the benefits of biomimicry in these different sectors of activity below : Industrial sectors The benefits of innovations through biomimicry for the environment To answer to the constraints to which it is subject, the living must optimise its processes, mechanisms and structures. Over the course of evolution, the most efficient systems given the constraints of their environment have thrived and survived, leaving us with an inexhaustible source of inspiration and able to respond to most industrial issues encountered. There are many key elements in the success and potential of biomimicry for innovation. In essence, living organisms tend to optimise all factors (weight-resistance ratio, energy cost, thermal regulation, multifunctionality, etc.) while the industry aims to maximise one or more defined parameters (rarity of a material, possibility of machining, etc.) to the detriment of others. We see, for example, that living things produce many different materials from very few chemical elements (CHNOPS: carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus and sulfur) assembled into complex structures while industrially, we find many simple structures but with many different chemical elements (the entire periodic table, including current issues with the use of rare earths). In this context, 3D printing has greatly contributed to the development of biomimicry by making it possible to intelligently develop structures inspired by life, that are more complex and material-saving. In short, the solutions developed by living organisms very frequently combine high performance, low production cost and multifunctionality. Drawing on the wisdom and intelligence of living know-how and thus reconciling technological progress and sustainability, this is our vision at Bioxegy. Biomimicry 3.8 was able to identify and transpose the major principles of life (these global strategic models found in the species that survive and thrive on Earth) into the principles of biomimicry. This outlines basic rules linked to biomimetic design and which allow biomimicry to be part of the principles of sustainable development established by the UN . Biomimicry's principles by Biomimicry 3.8 According to a report from BIS Institute on biomimicry in 2018, in the United States, biomimicry would save a value of 50 billion dollars in terms of conserved resources and CO2 not emitted by 2025. In 2030, this could represent 500 billion dollars globally. Innovation through biomimicry is already showing interesting results, in particular thanks to technologies making it possible to reduce the environmental impact or even to capture carbon, such as biomineralisation . It is precisely this mission that the European program CSTO2NE, which Bioxegy is apart of, leads to: a real interdisciplinary scientific collaboration project with the aim of identifying innovative and sustainable carbon absorption solutions, in particular through the formation of stable and resistant materials with important added value for the industry. Biomimicry's innovation potential and its growth As we have seen, biomimicry is a promising R&D and innovation method whose relevance to environmental issues and sustainable development is only reinforced. And it doesn’t stop there! Indeed, biomimicry is seen as a real lever for economic development in the coming years. By 2030, biomimicry could represent nearly 425 billion dollars per year of America's GDP (or 1.8%) and 2 million jobs in the United States. The predicted impact of bio-inspired innovation on employment in 2030 in the United States In South Korea, according to the Journal of Ecological Economics , the local development of bio-inspired technologies will represent nearly 62 billion dollars and 650,000 new jobs by 2035, and almost 382 billion in 2050 (i.e. 18% of its GDP). A national policy, launched in 2019, encourages the R&D development of bio-inspired technologies and the training of tomorrow's biomimetic engineers . The relevance of biomimicry and its potential growth is perceived by a growing number of countries, in particular by China whose government recently deployed substantial financial aid to support bio-inspired projects in the fields of design and architecture. China's growth in biomimicry is therefore 10 times faster than average ! At the global level, the report of BIS Institute predicts that biomimicry could constitute trilllions of dollars of GDP , so more than half of the global automotive sector. Confined to the development of strategies of highly industrialised countries, this potential for innovation could also be fully realised in developing countries where biomimicry today is still insufficiently considered and studied at its true value. Many countries in Latin America, Central Africa and South-East Asia, representing a large part of the world's biodiversity, have not yet fully exploited the potential of biomimicry, whose long-term economic and environmental benefits are estimated by the Journal of Ecological Economics . Biomimicry: a vector of the 6th wave of innovation After the digital revolution of the last 30 years, many researchers see biomimicry as a vector of the new technological and industrial revolution, it was also identified as one of the 8 vectors of the emergence of the sixth wave of innovation. In France, the CNRS (National Scientific Research Center) also mentionned biomimicry in its strategic priority areas in 2020. Indeed, biomimicry is a promising field, given the number of disciplines involved and the diversity of subjects. Its heterogeneous nature also induces a plurality of solutions possible and conceivable, and just as many implementation methods. Its ability to respond intelligently to a very wide variety of technical issues therefore makes it a perfect candidate to support a world in the midst of change and whose constraints are increasing drastically from year to year. Biomimicry's innovative potential supports the development of Bioxegy For 5 years, our company has been growing and developing. Indeed, from year to year our total revenue doubles while our confidence is affirmed with large industrial groups from around twenty sectors, implementing to date nearly 80 ambitious R&D projects. Our success is due to the development of unique expertise and methodologies in Europe as well as our motivation , thoroughness and the diverse profiles on our team which has increased tenfold since its beginnings. We discern relevant biological mechanisms capable of responding to the major industrial issues encountered by our partners, then transpose these principles to develop new biomimetic concepts whose maturity we are gradually increasing. The progressive feeding of our database , collecting to date nearly 1500 bio-inspired technologies , allows us to enrich our knowledge and become more efficient as our projects progress. Our modus operandi at Bioxegy 01 02 Submission of the industrial challenge(s) Our partner submits to us one or several industrial challenges, in the form of a specific problem (pain point), an incremental innovation need or a more prospective and broad issue. Biomimetic Research & Investigations Our teams conduct research to identify, study and select one or more Biological Reference System(s) , candidate biological models likely to provide a solution to the challenge(s), complemented by a technological watch . 04 03 (Co-) Development of technological maturity The Biomimetic Pre-Concept first takes the form of an outline project (Minimum Viable Concept, TRL 1 to 3 on average). We then co-develop the biomimetic technology with our partners to reach TRL 6 (Proof-of-Concept / MVP). Design of the bio-inspired technology Our teams transpose the Biological System into an applicable and viable technological system: this is the design and developmental work of an applicative biomimetic technology, answering the initial challenge. To learn more about our expertise : Our biomimetic R&D expertise This expertise is also recognised at the national level (in France): Top 35 most promising Greentech start-ups in France in 2022 Young Innovative Company Status (in France) First prize for industrial innovation in 2019 And international: Top 5 most promising start-ups in biomimicry in 2020 . Industrial partners are also more and more convinced by our approach and method. Their commitment is that much stronger when the projects present promising results. With a SMEs in the Construction field , we have filed a patent in 2022, while we multiply and diversify projects with large groups like Safran, Thales, Valeo and Airbus. Come and discover our other projects in more depth, below: Discover our projects The potential of biomimicry as an R&D method and as an economic field is strong and the research results reveal their promise in an applied manner in the R&D departments of manufacturers. So, don’t wait any longer and jump in with us into this wonderful of innovative and technical adventure that is biomimicry.

Le biomimétisme, une perspective prometteuse ! Safran Helicopter Engines et Bioxegy se sont rapprochés afin d'identifier les leviers d'action et les opportunités qu'offre le biomimétisme pour les technologies du motoriste français. Le biomimétisme chez Safran Helicopter Engines : l'intervention de Bioxegy ©Safran Helicopter Engines La nature orchestre des écosystèmes complexes et sous contraintes. Ainsi, les organismes vivants sont parfaitement équipés pour braver les éléments, assurer leur survie et leur mobilité. Le biomimétisme, parce qu'il va puiser dans la sophistication des fonctions et propriétés biologiques, représente une opportunité technologique de taille pour le secteur aéronautique. En effet, exposés à une industrie en pleine mutation, soumis à des normes sécuritaires et environnementales grandissantes et mis à l'épreuve par une concurrence intense, les acteurs de l'aéronautique doivent se réinventer et rester à la pointe de l'innovation. Aussi original que puissant, le biomimétisme est un accélérateur R&D qui permet de leur apporter un outil de résolution technologique concret. Il est aussi particulièrement bénéfique quand il s'agit d'alimenter le développement d'innovations de rupture. 1 Oser le Biomimétisme , un choix logique Safran Helicopter Engines est le leader mondial des turbines pour hélicoptères. Implémentée à Bordes en France, l'entreprise conçoit et produit une large gamme de systèmes de motorisations pour hélicoptères, notamment les turbines à gaz. Créé il y a plus de 75 ans, le motoriste béarnais repose sur une tradition d'invention et d'anticipation et consacre près de 15% de son chiffre d'affaires à la R&D. C'est donc en parfaite adéquation avec cette culture du progrès que Safran Helicopter Engines s'est rapproché de Bioxegy afin d'identifier les leviers d'action et les opportunités qu'offre le biomimétisme pour les technologies et systèmes que ses équipes conçoivent et fabriquent. 3 cups Blueberries 3 cups Flour 18 000 Turbines en opération 1½ cups Butter 2500 Clients dans le monde 15% du CA Consacré à la R&D Safran Helicopter Engines en chiffres ©Safran Helicopter Engines ©Safran Helicopter Engines 2 Biomimétisme, identification et idéation : l'intervention de Bioxegy auprès des équipes de Safran Helicopter Engines L'équipe Bioxegy s'est donc rendue à Bordes pour une journée auprès des équipes R&D de Safran Helicopter Engines. Un programme en deux temps : Une conférence de découverte initiale du biomimétisme pour un large auditoire de collaborateurs. L'objectif étant tout d'abord de faire découvrir le biomimétisme, d'en présenter les opportunités technologiques concrètes et d'exposer les leviers d'action pressentis par Bioxegy pour Safran Helicopter Engines. Une matinée pour aider à se projeter. Puis, dans un second temps, un atelier de travail et de diagnostic ciblé auprès des différents experts et responsables techniques de Safran : après avoir passé en revue les enjeux et thématiques technologiques des départements présents, l'objectif était d'identifier les opportunités d'innovation qu'offre le biomimétisme. Acoustique, légèreté des systèmes, résistance et fiabilité des matériaux, multifonctionnalité, thermorégulation, optimisation énergétique... : les perspectives de développement étaient nombreuses. Bioxegy a donc aidé les équipes Safran à se projeter sur des cas d'application concrets et prometteurs. Un travail d'idéation pour imaginer comment le biomimétisme pourrait rendre les turbomachines du constructeur plus sobres et plus durables, donc plus compétitives, et adaptées aux différentes phases de vol. 1/4 ©Safran Helicopter Engines ©Safran Helicopter Engines " Le biomimétisme n’est pas seulement une source d’inspiration biologique, où l’aile d’un avion ressemble à celle d’un oiseau. Le biomimétisme doit aussi être vu comme une méthodologie de conception R&D prometteuse, pour résoudre des problématiques complexes en tirant partie des solutions mises en œuvre par la nature dans son écosystème. Les cas d’usages dans un secteur comme l’aéronautique sont donc nombreux, que cela soit dans des domaines comme l’aérodynamisme, l’acoustique ou le thermique. Et même dans un environnement très contraignant comme peut-être celui d’un moteur d’hélicoptère, nous trouvons des problématiques et des similitudes avec les situations vécues par la nature. L'équipe Bioxegy s'est d'abord appliquée à démystifier le sujet par une conférence d'acculturation très efficace auprès de l'ensemble de nos équipes. Puis, dans un second temps, Bioxegy s'est attachée à diffuser de façon détaillée des cas d'applications concrets lors d'un atelier de diagnostic et de créativité. Nos équipes techniques se sont rapidement prises au jeu de la bio-inspiration et nous avons abouti à une trentaine de cas d’usages potentiels qui demandent maintenant à être explorés plus en détails pour valider la faisabilité de tous ces concepts prometteurs." Renaud Barrail R&T / Open Innovation Program Manager Safran Helicopter Engines " 3 Déployer le biomimétisme avec pragmatisme : le point de vue Bioxegy Le plus important pour Bioxegy, c'est d'arriver à trouver le bon angle d'approche pour chacun de nos partenaires. À chaque fois, notre efficacité repose sur notre capacité à trouver le format le plus adapté aux processus et méthodes d'innovation du partenaire en question. Le potentiel du biomimétisme est très vaste , une tendance confirmée auprès de Safran Helicopter Engines. Il faut donc pouvoir sélectionner les pistes les plus pertinentes, travailler également par élimination, et il faut savoir envisager différents angles d'attaque. Nous devons composer avec des contraintes particulières et des rythmes d'innovation singuliers. Ceci implique, par exemple, de pouvoir initier des sprints sur des sujets intelligemment périmétrés amenant ainsi à des PoC sur des horizons courts : 6 à 9 mois. C'est cette approche pragmatique qui nous a permis d'identifier des opportunités de projets pertinentes et faisables pour Safran Helicopter Engines . C'est donc en toute logique que nous leur proposerons de poursuivre cette collaboration et d'embrayer avec le démarrage d'études de recherche de conception biomimétique Aujourd'hui, nous sommes ravis de constater que leurs équipes sont alignées pour chercher à définir et enclencher des projets de R&D bio-inspirée. Nous avons hâte de continuer ce cheminement d'innovation !" " Simon De Myttenaere COO | Bioxegy

Biomimicry is an amazing leverage to rethink the future in many industrial sectors. Discover how Bioxegy deploys biomimicry in your sector. From automobile industry to construction, from digital to luxury, biomimicry is an asset for innovation ! Biomimicry in your sector Discover the potential of bio-inspired innovation in your field Up As a French expert in biomimicry, Bioxegy works in a wide variety of sectors. Biomimicry brings a smart look and solutions with high added value on all business value chains. From incremental advances to breakthrough innovations, from problem solving to design thinking: biomimicry is a tremendous lever for action . Explore it's potential in your field! Aeronautics Agriculture & Food Industry Car industry Consumer Goods Industrial Goods Energy & Environment Construction & Real Estate IT & Digital 3D Printing Luxury Goods Health & Pharmaceuticals Transport & Logistics Space & Defense Join the European companies who have opted for biomimicry with Bioxegy! Discover our projects and references Marie-Claude Dupuis Strategy & Innovation Director RATP Group (COMEX) We see in biomimicry a versatile and dynamic innovation approach , capable of responding to our industrial problems, however complex they may be. The Bioxegy team mobilised its expertise with rigor and pace from our businesses to formulate biomimetic concepts , before embarking on more in-depth research work, particularly on our infrastructures. See the project

Bioxegy, design and engineering company, specialist in biomimicry is recruiting. Come show us what you've got ! Join us When nature's ingenuity inspires the innovations of the future Up Bioxegy's mission Bioxegy is the French specialist in biomimicry . This unique R&D approach consists in drawing inspiration from the ingenuity of the mechanisms and properties of nature to innovate. Faced with contemporary industrial challenges , nature offers us 3.8 billion years of evolution and sophistication. It is a real source of optimised and sustainable solutions , which still remains to be exploited. Founded in 2018, Bioxegy is part of the European pioneers of this approach. Our mission is to imagine, design and develop bio-inspired technologies for numerous industrial applications : automotive, watchmaking, energy, rail transport, infrastructure, agri-food, aeronautics and defense, luxury, etc. What we are looking for Bioxonauts are explorers of the future . Curious by nature, they imagine new technologies and set off to discover natural achievements to solve varied and complex industrial challenges. Bioxegy seeks daring, proactive and creative minds. What unites the team ? A healthy dose of ambition , a love for teamwork , a benevolent attitude , a pronounced scientific and technological appetite . And above all, the pleasure of trying, of persevering and of succeeding (or failing for that matter). To take part in the adventure , you can come from a major engineering school, business school, or another sector, you speak French and English fluently, and above all: you are looking for a job with meaning and you like to think freely and differently. Biomimicry: new industrial Eldorado? Our vision At Bioxegy , we give meaning to technological design and development . We see our team as innovators, aware of the bridges between the wisdom of nature and the challenges of the industrial world. We are idealistic in our ambitions to reconcile technology and nature, but pragmatic in our approach. Bioxegy pays particular attention to the progression and the development of its Bioxonauts (including interns). Regular feedback points , as well as targeted training , are organised to ensure development and an increase in skills corresponding to everyone's aspirations. In addition, the collective spirit and atmosphere are essential: themed afterworks are organised regularly, and our commercial victories and anniversaries are celebrated with the whole team. If you think you share this vision, join us in our quest to bring to life a sustainable future , inspired by nature and shaped by human ingenuity. Together, we can spread and systematise innovation through biomimicry, and make it a common and viable response to global challenges. CONSULT OUR OFFERS Grande Arche de la Défense 1 Parvis de la Défense 92800 Puteaux

You want to gain expertise in biomimicry. Bioxegy offers several kind of trainings Bio-inspired R&D training Boost your innovation thanks to Bioxegy and its expertise in biomimicry Up Boost your R&D thanks to biomimicry. Call on our expertise in bio-inspired R&D to train your teams in disruptive innovation and identify key development topics . Bioxegy offers a unique type of training in the form of a Workshop with your teams of R&D, R&I, R&T… You are on the page describing our training offer dedicated to businesses. To answer your questions about biomimicry training dedicated to the general public or students, please refer to this article: Biomimicry Studies Training in bio-inspired R&D: Biomimetic initiation and ideation workshop Thanks to our engineers specialised in biomimicry, design and develop technologies inspired by the ingenuity of nature; A unique opportunity to identify solutions and design bio-inspired technologies to stay at the forefront of innovation ; Jointly identify opportunities for innovation and development to resolve your industrial technical challenges ; Bioxegy intervenes with a wide variety of sectors and on all business value chains . Bioxegy has developed a targeted training methodology demonstrating the opportunities of biomimicry for our partners. The objective is to provide a precise look thanks to bio-inspiration, to stimulate and bring out project opportunities and finally to include them in operational realities. We offer you a training in 4 steps which makes it possible to lead to a selection of technical subjects for future collaboration around a technical development project correlated to your priority R&D needs. Phase 0, Biomimetic initiation and ideation workshop , therefore allows to initiate our biomimetic R&D / R&I process from Phase 1 to 4. Discover our R&D process Bio-inspired R&D training: Why ? Biomimicry is a R&D methodology which requires specific knowledge and skills. As specialists , Bioxegy therefore offers training in biomimicry in order to: Identify the most pertinent subjects for a bio-inspired innovation project ; Define the interests (technical, economical, environmental) of biomimicry for your industrial challenges ; Develop various perspectives of projects , technological developments meeting your challenges. Bio-inspired R&D training: for whom ? The targeted training methodology developed by Bioxegy is aimed at all of your teams involved in R&I / R&D / R&T : R&D / R&T / R&I engineer ; Technical expert ; Innovation / R&D / R&T project manager; Product architect; Innovation / R&D director / manager ; Open Innovation Manager; Sustainable development manager; Bio-inspired R&D training: how does it work? Training in 4 stages: from a technical theme to a development project Stage 1 Technical & industrial framework Select & frame the study subjects Bioxegy x partner Stage 2 Biological and biomimetic investigations In-house study and investigation work Bioxegy Stage 3 Workshop Ideation Workshop & Selection of priority innovation opportunities Bioxegy x partner Stage 4 Project outlook formulation Development project proposals Bioxegy

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Did you know ? If there is one thing that biomimicry teaches us, it is that nature is full of feats. Thanks to our “ Did You Know? ” posts, discover the ingenuity, beauty and magic of life. No posts published in this language yet Once posts are published, you’ll see them here. The knowledge in terms of biology and therefore biomimicry is accelerating with technical advances and the development of structures like Bioxegy . You can follow "Our news " by clicking here. Discover our news

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Achieving successful biomimicry projects thanks to taylored multidisciplinarity Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Créer des solutions bio-inspirées de pointe pour les véhicules du futur AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile (confidentiel) Découvrir Identifier des technologies de rupture pour optimiser la gestion des flux voyageurs MOBILITÉ Client : Acteur majeur de la mobilité (confidentiel) Découvrir Créer de nouvelles technologies automobiles valorisables auprès des constructeurs AUTOMOBILE Client : Équipementier automobile leader en France (confidentiel) Découvrir Identifier des pistes biomimétiques pour les moteurs d'hélicoptères AÉRONAUTIQUE Client : Safran Helicopter Engines Découvrir Améliorer la qualité de l'air dans un espace public sous contraintes MOBILITÉ / INFRASTRUCTURES Client : Acteur majeur de la mobilité (confidentiel) Découvrir Faire sauter des verrous technologiques pour développer un mode de transport collectif autonome MOBILITÉ Client : Consortium majeur d'acteurs de la mobilité & IoT (confidentiel) Découvrir Imaginer les services de nettoyage du futur grâce au biomimétisme PROPRETÉ Client : GSF, acteur majeur de l'industrie du nettoyage et services associés en France Découvrir Découvrir le potentiel du biomimétisme dans votre secteur

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. Sources of biological inspiration Nature, the muse of Bioxegy Découvrez les dernières actualités de Bioxegy et des innovations bio-inspirées avec Biox'News, notre newsletter dédiée au biomimétisme. Restez informé(e) en suivant les tendances, les projets, et les solutions durables inspirées par la nature dans des secteurs variés : industrie, énergie, transport, et bien plus. Inscrivez-vous ci-dessous pour recevoir chaque mois des contenus inspirants et exclusifs ! Biox'News Autumn 2024 Welcome to the Autumn 2024 issue of the Biox’News !🍂 We are about to sail into a world where innovation and nature become one, shaping ... Biox'News Spring 2024 Make hay in May! In this spirit, we're excited to share our latest -and quite delightful- updates in our Biox'News ! Circular Economy, Biomimicry and IT Circular economy is the norm in nature: all products are 100% recycled and recyclable. Waste does not exist at the level of natural... Biomimetic sensors : Top 5 of the most interesting detectors Les multiples sens du vivant inspirent des capteurs pour des outils de détection et des technologies interactives. Voici le top 5 du capteur The dromedary, our desert ally The dromedary is one of the animals best adapted to the desert. From head to toe through its hump, this makes it an ally of choice to... Natural sciences: a foundation for biomimicry Transdisciplinary approaches such as biomimicry are blurring the boundaries between the two conventional branches of natural science:... The morpho butterfly, the wings of biomimicry The morpho butterfly is one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world, recognizable by its large blue wings. Fascinating in many... Tardigrade: the incredible and tiny Terminator of the living Tardigrades are everywhere! From high snow-capped mountains to the darkest seabed, from the most banal of house roofs to the emptiness of... Biomimicry: quite a story! Looking at the history of biomimicry is important to fully understand its evolution and current form. Thus, biomimicry's current results... Mother-of-pearl, a material with many virtues Mother-of-pearl is an incredible material: from its beauty to its solidity, its virtues are numerous. This fascinating material continues... Biomimicry: Top 5 emblematic technologies Biomimicry is an innovation method that has already had resounding success during its history. We invite you here to review the five most... Design and biomimicry: when efficiency rhymes with elegance! In general, drawing inspiration from nature for design is more of an artistic approach than a technical one. And yet, the living has been... Biomimicry in sport, a fantastic innovation coach Biomimicry and sport are teammates in the race for innovation! Every year, science enables sport to push back performance standards, both... Naked mole rat, the key to immortality ? The naked mole rat, rodent of the Bathyergidae family, has a multitude of surprising and interesting properties for the health industry:... Top 10 of Bioxegy's success stories since its funding ! Bioxegy celebrates its 5th anniversary! This is the opportunity to look back on the greatest successes and milestones achieved in the...

Biomimétisme : la nature est une source d'inspiration évident et idéalement pour travailler l'aérodynamisme de profils, surfaces portantes et revêtements, dans de nombreuses industries, de l'aéronautique à l'automobile en passant par l'éolien ou la construction. Bioxegy vous livre ses analyses. Biomimicry & aerodynamics: A commonplace The challenge is the same in many industries, particularly in aeronautics or in the automotive industries: the future of these sectors depend largely on their ability to reduce the environmental impact of their technologies, particularly in regard to CO2 emissions. An essential lever: improving aerodynamic finesse. Aerostructures, bodywork, airfoils, propellers and blades: biomimicry is an ideal tool of technological design to review or improve industrial methods and approaches concerning aerodynamics . Many species of birds, insects or even aquatic animals have amazing movement abilities. They are juggling effort, speed and endurance. Biomimicry, which is not new to the field, seeks to understand how these forms and coatings present in nature can enlighten the adoption of new design approaches for industrial structures and components. The goal: reduce drag, improve aerodynamic finesse, reduce turbulence vortex, stabilize movement, reduce friction,... The aeronautics industry is one of the most advanced in terms of bio-inspiration: winglets inspired by large raptors (-4% consumption), aerodynamic varnishes inspired by the skin of sharks (-2% consumption). The use cases are already numerous. There are still many opportunities to explore. Here is a particularly striking example. The humpback whale is a cetacean of impressive size: 13 to 15 meters long and nearly 40 tons. Despite this, it is a particularly agile marine animal , capable of hunting herring or salmon: it is capable of sharp turns to trap or chase its prey. This size vs. agility duality surprises marine biologists. They discover that part of the mystery lies in the humpback whale's anatomical features . Indeed, it owes its agility to the tubercles present on the leading edges of its fins. A peculiarity that defies common sense : how can such a deformed and non-smooth surface be so hydro- and aerodynamic? Since then, the aerodynamic effects of these protuberances have been widely studied: Tubercles reduce drag by almost 8%. They also accompany the flow of air so as to delay the stall and to increase its angle by almost 40%! Other advantages, although not demonstrated to date, have been mentionned: reduction of noise pollution and increase in lift. Diagrams produced by the Bioxegy team, as part of an infrastructure project carried out with one of our partners. The tubercles of the fins, placed upstream of the phalanges on the leading edge, allow, among other things, to stabilise and group together the disturbing vortices. ©Bioxegy | Right diagram partly based on figures from: True & William, the whalebone whales of the western North Atlantic, 1904 This discovery has since led to many bio-inspired technologies: The ZIPP company, expert manufacturer of bicycle wheels, opted for a design that reproduces the protrusions of the fin to improve the aerodynamics and stability of the whole structure: a patented technology that has significantly reduced the drag experienced by the wheel. In Canada, one of the experts who highlighted the aerodynamic phenomena created by tubercles launched the company WhalePower. It has designed a bio-inspired wind turbine blade that uses the principle of protrusion on the leading edge to improve the performance of the airfoil. Result: the wind turbine thus equipped has a 20% higher yield and is activated by weaker wind forces. Other promising prospects for biomimicry in industrial sectors Biomimicry & lightweight design: a winning bet Discover Biomimicry & NVH: improving noise and vibration mitigation technologies Discover Biomimicry to cope with the elements (abrasion, erosion, oxidation) Discover Biomimicry, sensing and information processing : shaping the intelligent systems of the future Discover Biomimicry & tribology: a promising technological duo Discover

Le biomimétisme est un formidable accélérateur d'innovations. Bioxegy est le spécialiste français du biomimétisme. Nous déployons notre expertise et notre réseau pluridisciplinaire pour concevoir à vos côtés des innovations bio-inspirées pertinentes et durables et générer de la R&D percutante. A cleaning and protection device for autonomous vehicle cameras Typical examples of Bioxegy projects Biomimicry to equip the vehicles of the future CONTEXT In the coming years, there will be more and more autonomous vehicles on our roads. They are equipped with cameras that detect and interpret the immediate environment using AI, in order to react to it (brake, avoid, prevent). A technical challenge on which our teams intervened in Phase 2 (Biomimetic Research & Design Study) , after finishing Phase 1 (Pre-Seed Study). Customer : Confidential - Major French automotive supplier. PROBLEM / INITIAL CHALLENGE It is difficult to clean the surface of these cameras and protect them from dirt (loss of reliability of AI in detection). Current solutions are unsatisfactory: excessive water consumption (100L/h!) BIOLOGICAL SOURCE OF INSPIRATION Bioxegy biologists have identified a particularly effective biological reference system (BRS): the nictitating membranes of camelids. This is an effective third eyelid to evacuate and protect sand (located at eye level). BIO-INSPIRED MECATRONIC DEVICE Our engineers then designed a bio-inspired mechatronic device for protecting and cleaning the cameras of autonomous vehicles, taking a model from the nictitating membrane of camelids. Result: water consumption 10x lower! Other biomimetic topics of interest explored with the client in Phase 1 (Pre-Study): Chemical-free fastening system for interior coverings Engine cooling system Acoustics and vibrations in the passenger compartment Lightweight design and 3D printing Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Biomimicry is an approach which consists in drawing inspiration from nature's know-how in order to innovate . It aims at harvesting the intelligence of natural strategies and at transferring them to compagnies and human technologies. This disruptive approach is a powerful lever for innovation and a real performance accelerator. It allows us to develop relevant, competitive and sustainable bioinspired solutions for companies. Biomimicry's potential is broad : it both frees the path to disruptive innovation and to brings incremental improvements. It is an action powerhouse which allows to completely rethink a companie's value chain with fresh lenses and new prisms of analysis . It also helps efficiently addressing specific challenges and issues and coming up with relevant solutions. Identify biomimetic leads for helicopter engines AERONAUTICS Client : Safran Helicopter Engines Découvrir Improve air quality in a constraints public space MOBILITY / INFRASTRUCTURES Client : Major mobility actor (confidential) Découvrir Create new automotive technologies that can be used by manufacturers AUTOMOTIVE Client: Leading automotive supplier in France (confidential) Découvrir Breaking down technological barriers to develop an autonomous mode of collective transport MOBILITY Client: Major player consortium from mobility & IoT (confidential) Découvrir Optimizing an assembly process for the development of a new drug PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY Client: Pharmaceutical industry player (confidential) Découvrir Identify disruptive technologies to optimize the management of passenger flows MOBILITY Client : Major mobility actor (confidential) Découvrir Imagining the cleaning services of the future thanks to biomimicry CLEANINESS Client : GSF, major player in the cleaning and associated services industry in France Découvrir Discover the potential of biomimicry in your sector