很榮幸邀請到臺大機械系林沛群主任到本系演講。首先，林主任先從運動這個大體系去探討延伸出題目，說明凡是運動皆需透過能量轉換，使機構能達到我們的需求目標，例如早期為媒與柴等等。以人類工業發展歷程而言，最早的代表便是蒸汽火車，再來為工業2.0的汽車，而工業3.0則是電腦與自動化，最後即是現在工業4.0的成熟發展；以上每一個階段，不僅只是機械工程的成果，而是集結了機械、電機、資工與系統工程來相輔相成。第二部分則是帶入此次演講的主題–仿生與工程。最初的仿生機器人先由仿形與自動化為切入點，不過隨著微處理器的普及，進一步分析生物們的動作來讓機器人更具功能性。簡而之，仿生機器人的製作與研究可分為sense、motion與think來進行。另外，林主任也分享了許多小動物昆蟲的特殊構造，像是蟑螂的腳毛具凹凸性而使得抓觸力更大，啟發林主任團隊應用在自行開發RHeX的模組。最後，林主任補充了許多爬行式以及跳躍式的機器人，讓所有學生聽了為之興奮，並引發許多討論。
撰寫者：碩士生蔡凱任、博士生吳伊敏
It is our pleasure to invite Professor Lin in Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Taiwan University. At first, Professor Lin derives the topic from the system of motion and explains that all motion require energy conversion so that the mechanisms can meet our requirements such as coal and firewood. For the industrial development, steam locomotives in the earliest stage, the automobile in Industry 2.0, computer and automation in Industry 3.0, and the mature industrial development in Industry 4.0 finally, are not just the achievement of mechanical engineering but are the combination of machinery, electrical engineering, information engineering and systems engineering. Secondly, Professor Lin introduces the theme of this speech- biomimetics and engineering. The original biomimetic robots started from profiling and automation. However, with the popularity of microprocessors, the actions of creatures can be further analyzed to make robots more functional. In brief, the production and research of biomimetic robots can be classified into the modes of sense, motion and think to carry on. Besides, Professor Lin also shares the special structures of many small animals and insects like the unevenness of cockroaches' foot hairs, which is more powerful to grip, inspiring Professor Lin's team to develop RHeX modules. At last, Professor Lin introduces a lot of crawling and jumping robots, which makes all the students excited and boosts many discussions.
Authors: Master student: Kai-Ren Tsai, PhD student: Yi-Min Wu