A exosquelette or external skeleton , in opposition to Endosquelette , is an external anatomical characteristic which supports and protects an animal. Many Invertebrate S, like the Insect S, the Crustacean S and the Mollusc S, has a exosquelette. The abdominal part of a exosquelette is commonly called “Carapace”.

Scientific research currently tries to develop exosquelettes Biomécanique S for medical or industrial needs. They are versions modern and technical armours of the knights of the Moyen-âge, when they wrap human beings or they are the Peau robots humanoïdes.

Robert A. Heinlein is the inventor of the concept of the exosquelette in Science-fiction

Exosquelettes natural

Types of exosquelettes

• Os and Cartilage
• Carapace of tortoise
• Chitin
• Arthropod S: the plates are called Sclérite S.
• Composés of the Calcium
• Coraux
• Echinoderme
• Mollusque S
• some polychètes
• Silice
• Diatomée
• Radiolaria

See too

• Ecdysis
• Moults of the arthropods

External bonds

• Vidéos, images and articles on a human prototype of exosquelette
• Wotan Systems

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