Biomimicry Courses and Certifications

NPTEL-NOC IITM

The Journey So Far - Introduction to Biomimicry - Week 8, Part 4

Explore the key concepts and learnings from an eight-week journey into biomimicry, with a concise overview of this nature-inspired design approach.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hackaday

Bio-Inspired Sensing

Explores how retinal circuitry, reflexes, and central pattern generators inspire sensing and motor control in robots.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Shaw Talebi

What Nature Can Teach Us About Business: 7 Principles for Entrepreneurs

Discover 7 key principles from nature to enhance entrepreneurship and business strategies, drawing insights from biomimicry and systems thinking for innovative problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Design of Enzyme Mimics - W9L44

Explore enzyme mimic design principles, cyclodextrin applications, and biomimetic catalysis strategies for creating artificial enzymes with enhanced functionality.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Devoxx Poland

Learning from Nature - What Biological Systems Can Teach Developers

Discover how biological systems inspire software development patterns, from neural networks to swarm intelligence, enhancing your coding approach through nature's proven solutions.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NPTEL-NOC IITM

Bio Inspired Micro Robots - Integrated Approach - Module 04

Explore bioinspired fibrillar adhesive mechanisms, key design features, and lizard-inspired water runner robots with their applications and challenges.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

奇异的仿生学

师法自然，通过向自然学习，人类获得了源源不断的创造力。仿生学的起源、诞生与发展也是人类文明与科技进步的发展历程。

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Advanced Creative Thinking and AI: Tools for Success

135 ratings at Coursera

Explore advanced creativity approaches: biomimicry, analogy and metaphor, thinking styles, design thinking and AI-generated outcomes, then apply the creativity diamond to choose an approach.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CU Boulder;  Siemens

Circular Product Design Frameworks and Certifications

Apply circular design frameworks — the EMF-IDEO 4-phase guide, CIRCit's stage-gate approach, and biomimicry — and work through Cradle-to-Cradle v4.1 product certification requirements.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cellular Solids

Model the mechanical behavior of honeycombs and foams and apply the models to energy absorption devices, sandwich panels, medical applications, and nature-inspired engineering design.

• MITx Online
• 15 weeks, 8-12 hours/week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Industry Equipment for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture 2

Explore natural capitalism principles for extreme industrial energy efficiency, focusing on pipe systems, pumps, motors, and biomimetic design to achieve dramatic resource productivity improvements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Breaking Taps

Making a Robotic Muscle is Hard

Discover the challenges of creating custom electromagnetic actuators for robotic applications through hands-on engineering problem-solving and troubleshooting techniques.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Explore nature’s strategies through biomimicry principles and apply them to develop a novel biomimetic design.

• Canvas Network
• 5 weeks
• No Longer Offered
• Free Online Course

IIT Madras;  NPTEL

Introduction To Biomimicry

Learn to mimic nature’s strategies and apply systems thinking, creativity tools, and design thinking to develop innovative solutions to human challenges.

• Swayam
• 8 weeks
• Not Currently Offered
• Free Online Course

The Royal Institution

Climbing Mount Improbable - Lecture 3

Explore how evolution works through Dawkins' compelling mountain metaphor, demonstrating how complex life forms develop through gradual changes and environmental adaptation rather than sudden leaps.

• YouTube
• 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video