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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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