Also: Robat, bat-inspired sonar
Engineers copy bat and dolphin sonar for sensors, signal processing and robots.
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Müller and Kuc reviewed engineering inspired by bat biosonar, relevant to sonar, biomedical ultrasound, non-destructive testing and autonomous sensors.
As reported in: Müller, Kuc (2007). Biosonar-inspired technology: goals, challenges and insights. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics. doi:10.1088/1748-3182/2/4/s04
Eliakim and colleagues built "Robat," an autonomous ground robot with one emitter and two ears that maps and classifies objects using only echoes.
As reported in: Eliakim, Cohen, Kosa et al. (2018). A fully autonomous terrestrial bat-like acoustic robot. PLOS Computational Biology. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006406