This paper presents a biomimetic apposition compound eye fabricated using a microfluidic-assisted 3D-printing technique. Each microlens is connected to the bottom planar surface of the eye via intracorporal, zero-crosstalk refractive-index-matched waveguides to mimic the rhabdoms of a natural eye. Full-colour wide-angle panoramic views and position tracking of a point source are realized. The eye's full-colour 3D to 2D mapping capability has potential applications in endoscopic imaging and machine vision.
Publisher
Nature Communications
Published On
Nov 09, 2021
Authors
Bo Dai, Liang Zhang, Chenglong Zhao, Hunter Bachman, Ryan Becker, John Mai, Ziao Jiao, Wei Li, Lulu Zheng, Xinjun Wan, Tony Jun Huang, Songlin Zhuang, Dawei Zhang
Tags
biomimetic
compound eye
microfluidic
3D printing
endoscopic imaging
machine vision
panoramic views
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