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                                                                                     Contents






                     1. Introduction to Biomimetics: The Wealth of Inventions in
                        Nature as an Inspiration for Human Innovation............................................................................... 1
                        Yoseph Bar-Cohen
                     2. Biological Mechanisms as Models for Mimicking:
                        Sarcomere Design, Arrangement, and Muscle Function ............................................................... 41
                        Kenneth Meijer, Juan C. Moreno, and Hans H.C.M. Savelberg
                     3. Mechanization of Cognition........................................................................................................... 57
                        Robert Hecht-Nielsen
                     4. Evolutionary Robotics and Open-Ended Design Automation ..................................................... 129
                        Hod Lipson

                     5. Genetic Algorithms: Mimicking Evolution and
                        Natural Selection in Optimization Models................................................................................... 157
                        Tammy Drezner and Zvi Drezner

                     6. Robotic Biomimesis of Intelligent Mobility, Manipulation, and Expression.............................. 177
                        David Hanson
                     7. Bio-Nanorobotics: A Field Inspired by Nature............................................................................ 201
                        Ajay Ummat, Atul Dubey, and Constantinos Mavroidis

                     8. Molecular Design of Biological and Nano-Materials.................................................................. 229
                        Shuguang Zhang, Hidenori Yokoi, and Xiaojun Zhao
                     9. Engineered Muscle Actuators: Cells and Tissues........................................................................ 243
                        Robert G. Dennis and Hugh Herr
                    10. Artificial Muscles Using Electroactive Polymers ........................................................................ 267
                        Yoseph Bar-Cohen

                    11. Biologically Inspired Optical Systems......................................................................................... 291
                        Robert Szema and Luke P. Lee
                    12. Multifunctional Materials............................................................................................................. 309
                        Sia Nemat-Nasser, Syrus Nemat-Nasser, Thomas Plaisted,
                        Anthony Starr, and Alireza Vakil Amirkhizi
                    13. Defense and Attack Strategies and Mechanisms in Biology ....................................................... 341
                        Julian F.V. Vincent



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