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The 14th International Conference on Biomimetics and Biohybrid Systems. July 15-18, 2025. Held in Sheffield, South Yorkshire at The University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.<\/span><\/p>\n Contact email: LM25@sheffield.ac.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The development of future real-world technologies will depend strongly on our understanding and harnessing of the principles underlying living systems and the flow of communication signals between living and artificial systems.<\/p>\n Biomimetics is the development of novel technologies through the distillation of principles from the study of biological systems. The investigation of biomimetic systems can serve two complementary goals. First, a suitably designed and configured biomimetic artefact can be used to test theories about the natural system of interest. Second, biomimetic technologies can provide useful, elegant, and efficient solutions to unsolved challenges in science and engineering.<\/p>\n Biohybrid systems are formed by combining at least one biological component\u2014an existing living system\u2014and at least one artificial, newly-engineered component. By passing information in one or both directions, such a system forms a new hybrid bio- artificial entity. The conference’s theme also encompasses biomimetic methods for manufacture, repair and recycling inspired by natural processes such as reproduction, digestion, morphogenesis and metamorphosis.<\/p>\n The following are some examples of “Living Machines” as featured at past conferences:<\/p>\n \u25cf Biomimetic robots and their component technologies (sensors, actuators, processors) that can intelligently interact with their environments.<\/p>\n \u25cf Biomimetic computers\u2014neuromimetic emulations of the physiological basis for intelligent behaviour.<\/p>\n \u25cf Active biomimetic materials and structures that self-organise and self-repair or show other bio-inspired functions.<\/p>\n \u25cf Nature-inspired designs and manufacturing processes.<\/p>\n \u25cf Biohybrid brain-machine interfaces and neural implants.<\/p>\n \u25cf Artificial organs and body parts, including sensory organ-chip hybrids and intelligent prostheses.<\/p>\n \u25cf Organism-level biohybrids such as robot-animal or robot-human systems.<\/p>\n The first conference day, 15th July 2025 is dedicated to workshops and tutorials. The main conference will then continue in the form of a three-day single-track oral presentations program, 16th – 18th July, with poster sessions and demos on 16th and 17th July at The Diamond in Sheffield, UK.<\/p>\n The conference program will include: 5 plenary lectures from leading international researchers in biomimetic and biohybrid systems; podium talks, poster sessions and demos from selected submitted full and short papers; and a moderated panel.<\/p>\n You will enjoy a welcome drinks reception at the Grade II listed building, The Cutlers\u2019 Hall in Sheffield City Centre, and a banquet at the Kelham Island Museum, home of the mighty 12000 hp River Don steam engine, the most powerful working steam engine in Europe, awards, and more! <\/p>\n The Diamond was built to replace the Grade II-listed Edwardian wing of the Jessop Hospital, taking over from the Sir Frederick Mappin Building as the new home of the Faculty of Engineering, the largest faculty at the university. The building takes its name from its unique facade, which comprises a cellular pattern of interconnected diamond shapes made of anodised aluminium, inspired by the form of diamond at a molecular level, over a frame of reinforced concrete and exterior glass cladding. It has nine lecture theatres, nineteen laboratories and more than thirty classrooms, linked by a central atrium area with a large study space and a caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Online information and documents for submission will soon be available online. Stay tuned for our website launch!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We invite both full papers and short papers in areas related to the conference themes. All contributions will be refereed, and accepted papers will appear in the Living Machines Proceedings, published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n Full papers (10 -12 pages, ~300 words\/page) are invited from researchers at any stage in their career and should present significant findings and advances in biomimetic or biohybrid research. More preliminary work is better suited for shorter papers (4-6 pages, ~300 words\/page). Full papers will be accepted for either podium talks (single track) or posters. Short papers will be accepted for posters only. <\/p>\n In addition to the peer reviewed papers described above, we also invite short format late-breaking abstracts for consideration for poster presentations. Late-breaking abstracts should be no more than 2,300 characters, including punctuation but not spaces. <\/p>\n Active researchers in biomimetic and biohybrid systems are invited to propose topics for full or half-day workshops or tutorials on related themes to be held on Tuesday 15th July 2025 at the University of Sheffield, Pam Liversidge Building – home to Sheffield Robotics. <\/p>\n\n
30th March 2025 <\/del>14th April<\/span><\/li>\n30th March 2025 <\/del>14th April<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nABOUT<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n
ACTIVITIES: PLENARIES, TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SOCIAL<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nAdditionally, you’re invited to join us for a hike in the beautiful Peak District and the iconic Chatsworth House, on Saturday 19th July to enjoy the bio after the biomimetic.<\/p>\nCONFERENCE VENUE: The Diamond<\/strong><\/h3>\n
SUBMITTING TO LIVING MACHINES 2025<\/strong><\/h3>\n
FULL PAPERS and SHORT PAPERS<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\u2192 Deadline: 30th March 2025 <\/del>14th April<\/strong><\/p>\nLATE-BREAKING ABSTRACTS<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\n\u2192 Deadline: 15th June 2025<\/strong><\/p>\nWORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS<\/strong><\/h4>\n
\nProposals should be submitted via the Google Form<\/a><\/strong><\/span> by 14th April 2025.\u00a0 Please contact\u00a0LM25@sheffield.ac.uk<\/a><\/span>\u00a0if you have any issues accessing the google form.
\n\u2192 Deadline: 30th March 2025 <\/del>14th April<\/strong><\/p>\nCONTRIBUTORS, EXHIBITORS and SPONSORS<\/strong><\/h4>\n