Mining Smartness from Nature
Published on 25. December 2008
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Digital media
290 pages
978-3-908158-15-8 (ISBN)
Description
The 37 peer-reviewed papers making up this collection together present a wealth of up-to-date information on, ?Mining Smartness from Nature?.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The papers are grouped into the following chapters: 1: Algorithms, mechanisms and structures in nature as an inspiration to mimicking; 2: Biomimetic materials; 3: Bio-inspired sensors and actuators; 4: Biologically inspired systems and robotics; 5: Biomimetic flow control in aquatic systems and its application to bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicles. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ?Advances in Science and Technology? Vol. 58.
Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).
The papers are grouped into the following chapters: 1: Algorithms, mechanisms and structures in nature as an inspiration to mimicking; 2: Biomimetic materials; 3: Bio-inspired sensors and actuators; 4: Biologically inspired systems and robotics; 5: Biomimetic flow control in aquatic systems and its application to bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicles. This special volume has also been published online in the series, ?Advances in Science and Technology? Vol. 58.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Switzerland
Publishing group
Trans Tech Publications
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 142 mm
Width: 125 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-908158-15-8 (9783908158158)
DOI
10.4028/www.scientific.net/AST.58
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Content
Spider Silk as an Inspiration for BiomimickingApproaches to the Construction of the Minimal CellFlight Control of an InsectInvestigating the Thrust Production of a Myliobatoid-Inspired Oscillating WingDeployable Structures in PlantsA Bat-Wing Aircraft Using the Smart Joint MechanismAnalysis and Optimization-Based Synthesis of Compliant MechanismsFractals to Model Hierarchical BiomaterialsNew Fabrication Process of Nano?Composites by Biomimetic ApproachGecko Inspired Suit Could Have you Climbing the WallEffective Impregnation of SiO2 Sol-Gel Solution in Pine Wood and Following Gel Localization in Free Cell VolumeBioelectronic Detection Schemes for Biomedical and Environmental SensingTowards Biocompatible Sensing Devices: An IPMC Based Artificial Vestibular SystemDouble Layer Sensor Reproducing Perception Dynamics of Olfactory CellsDetermining the Binaural Signals in Bat EcholocationGenerating Bio-Analogous Recognition of Artificial Materials ? Sensors and Electronic Noses for OdoursA pH-Activated Biomimetic Actuator Derived from McKibben Artificial Muscle StructureMining Smartness from the Hydraulic System of Spiders: A Bioinspired Actuator for Advanced ApplicationsTowards In Vivo NanomachinesNeuromimetic Robots Inspired by Insect VisionCPG Control of a Tensegrity Morphing Structure for Biomimetic Applications Biorobots, Nonlinear Dynamics and PerceptionAnthropomorphic Talking Robot Based on Human Biomechanical StructureCyborg MAVs Using Power Harvesting and Behavioral Control SchemesMulti-UUVs Team Line Formation Control by a Behaviour-Based Method with Fuzzy Logic AdaptersFabrication and Evaluation of Biomimetic Jellyfish Robot Using IPMCThe Nano and Micromanipulators Based on Magnetic BacteriumVortex Method for the Analysis of Complex, Unsteady and Vortical Flows around a Swimming FishUnderstanding the Hydrodynamics of Swimming: From Fish Fins to Flexible Propulsors for Autonomous Underwater VehiclesReverse Engineering of Self-Propelled Anguilliform SwimmersAn Exploration of Passive and Active Flexibility in Biolocomotion through Analysis of Canonical ProblemsModeling the Dynamics of Human SwimmingGeometric Mechanics and Aquatic Locomotion through Vortex SheddingVortex Rings in Bio-Inspired and Biological Jet PropulsionFluid-Structure Interactions in Pelagic Trawls and Probable Consequences for the Selectivity of the Fishing GearHammerhead - A Vision Guided AUVRobustness of Biomimetic Underwater Vehicles under Disturbances