The Skydio drone s bio-metal camera mount.
A development challenge has been increasing the amount of renewable material that can be blended into the resin for Bio-Metal because the renewable resin has different characteristics from the traditional petroleum-based resin. “What we have seen is that this steady progress upward has gotten to a place where it can be a meaningful portion,” explained Arris Composites CEO Ethan Escowitz. “The challenge with most biomaterials, any time you time to drive it too high, you take a performance hit that customers won’t use.”
Escowitz described an unpleasant personal experience with dog clean-up bags made of plastic that is biodegradable. Unfortunately, he found the bags start breaking down while he was still using them!