Bionic and gradient designs offer promising applications in honeycomb structures. The intersection unit of the beetle elytra is extracted as to enhance regular hexagonal honeycomb (RHH), and several bionic honeycombs are proposed. Finite element (FE) modeling approach is verified through formulae and experiments. Curves of force and displacement of bionic honeycombs present two prominent stages under medium- and low-speed impacts in plateau stage, and several bionic honeycombs exhibit a zero or negative Poisson’s ratio. The specific energy absorption (SEA) of INT_6, whose crashworthiness is best in bionic honeycombs. A gradient design of INT_6 is implemented to further increase its crashworthiness. Multi-objective optimization design (MOD), which aims to simultaneously increase the SEA and reduce the peak crushing force, is adopted to determine the optimal parameters of each layer of graded INT_6. The SEA of the optimized graded INT_6 increase 142%, and its peak crushing force decrease by 25.4% compared with those of the INT_6.
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