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Biomimetics
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Biologically Inspired Technologies
Biomimetics
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Biomimetics book
Biologically Inspired Technologies
ByYoseph Bar-Cohen
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2005
eBook Published 2 November 2005
Pub. Location Boca Raton
Imprint CRC Press
Pages 552
eBook ISBN 9780429122286
Subjects Bioscience, Engineering & Technology
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Bar-Cohen, Y. (2005). Biomimetics: Biologically Inspired Technologies (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420037715
ABSTRACT
Nature is the world's foremost designer. With billions of years of experience and boasting the most extensive laboratory available, it conducts research in every branch of engineering and science. Nature's designs and capabilities have always inspired technology, from the use of tongs and tweezers to genetic algorithms and autonomous legged robots.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|40 pages
Introduction to Biomimetics: The Wealth of Inventions in Nature as an Inspiration for Human Innovation
ByYoseph Bar-Cohen
chapter 2|16 pages
Biological Mechanisms as Models for Mimicking: Sarcomere Design, Arrangement, and Muscle Function
ByKenneth Meijer, Juan C. Moreno, and Hans H.C.M. Savelberg
chapter 5|20 pages
Genetic Algorithms: Mimicking Evolution and Natural Selection in Optimization Models
ByTammy Drezner, Zvi Drezner
chapter 6|24 pages
Robotic Biomimesis of Intelligent Mobility, Manipulation, and Expression
ByDavid Hanson
chapter 7|28 pages
Bio-Nanorobotics: A Field Inspired by Nature
ByAjay Ummat, Atul Dubey, Constantinos Mavroidis
chapter 8|14 pages
Molecular Design of Biological and Nano-Materials
ByShuguang Zhang, Hidenori Yokoi, Xiaojun Zhao
chapter 12|32 pages
Multifunctional Materials
BySia Nemat-Nasser, Syrus Nemat-Nasser, Thomas Plaisted, Anthony Starr, Alireza Vakil Amirkhizi
chapter 14|16 pages
Biological Materials in Engineering Mechanisms
ByJustin Carlson, Shail Ghaey, Sean Moran, Cam Anh Tran, David L. Kaplan
chapter 16|28 pages
Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired Control
ByZhiwei Luo, Shigeyuki Hosoe, Masami Ito
chapter 17|22 pages
Interfacing Microelectronics and the Human Visual System
ByRajat N. Agrawal, Mark S. Humayun, James Weiland, Gianluca Lazzi, Keyoor Chetan Gosalia
chapter 19|22 pages
Nastic Structures: The Enacting and Mimicking of Plant Movements
ByRainer Stahlberg, Minoru Taya
