3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes
Bio-inspired by compound eyes in insects, the authors identify advantages of such an optical system and propose a novel optics that combines basic principles from compound eyes with an additional technical zooming feature. The 3D-printed, bio-inspired fiber optic set-up is based on ommatidia, the sm...
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| author | Manfred Drack Alexander Berger Bernhard Ettinger Ille C. Gebeshuber |
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| description | Bio-inspired by compound eyes in insects, the authors identify advantages of such an optical system and propose a novel optics that combines basic principles from compound eyes with an additional technical zooming feature. The 3D-printed, bio-inspired fiber optic set-up is based on ommatidia, the small single components of compound eyes. The advantageous aspects that are transferred from the inspiring organisms are that no focusing on objects is needed and a maximum depth of focus is always achieved. Two adjustable technical features are an adjustable field of view per pixel and a zooming possibility, not found in animals. Prototypes were produced as a proof of concept. One of them was manufactured using a stereolithography 3D printer. They were positively tested with regard to the implemented features. Optional further functionalities and developments are discussed. Possible applications of the 3D-printed, bio-inspired designs are optical devices that benefit from adjusting the field of view per pixel to zooming. Suggested are novel microscopes and screens with built-in cameras enabling online eye-to-eye communication without having to concentrate on the location of a camera. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1568b06ddaf4190bff1924c8554ec1f2022-12-22T01:43:15ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Materials2296-80162020-07-01710.3389/fmats.2020.001995302003D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound EyesManfred Drack0Alexander Berger1Bernhard Ettinger2Ille C. Gebeshuber3Evolutionary Biology of Invertebrates, Institute of Evolution and Ecology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, GermanyInstitute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AustriaInstitute of Applied Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, AustriaBio-inspired by compound eyes in insects, the authors identify advantages of such an optical system and propose a novel optics that combines basic principles from compound eyes with an additional technical zooming feature. The 3D-printed, bio-inspired fiber optic set-up is based on ommatidia, the small single components of compound eyes. The advantageous aspects that are transferred from the inspiring organisms are that no focusing on objects is needed and a maximum depth of focus is always achieved. Two adjustable technical features are an adjustable field of view per pixel and a zooming possibility, not found in animals. Prototypes were produced as a proof of concept. One of them was manufactured using a stereolithography 3D printer. They were positively tested with regard to the implemented features. Optional further functionalities and developments are discussed. Possible applications of the 3D-printed, bio-inspired designs are optical devices that benefit from adjusting the field of view per pixel to zooming. Suggested are novel microscopes and screens with built-in cameras enabling online eye-to-eye communication without having to concentrate on the location of a camera.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmats.2020.00199/fullapposition compound eyesbiomimeticsbioinspirationimagingfiber opticszooming |
| spellingShingle | Manfred Drack Alexander Berger Bernhard Ettinger Ille C. Gebeshuber 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes Frontiers in Materials apposition compound eyes biomimetics bioinspiration imaging fiber optics zooming |
| title | 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes |
| title_full | 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes |
| title_fullStr | 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes |
| title_short | 3D-Printed Facet Optics: Novel Adjustable Technical Optics Inspired by Compound Eyes |
| title_sort | 3d printed facet optics novel adjustable technical optics inspired by compound eyes |
| topic | apposition compound eyes biomimetics bioinspiration imaging fiber optics zooming |
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