Biomimetics : biologically inspired technologies /: biologically inspired technologies. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Yoseph Bar-Cohen.
• Other Names: Bar-Cohen, Yoseph
• Contents: Introduction to Biomimetics: The Wealth of Inventions in Nature as an Inspiration for Human Innovation; Yoseph Bar-Cohen; Biological Mechanisms as Models for Mimicking: Sarcomere Design, Arrangement, and Muscle Function; Kenneth Meijer, Juan C. Moreno, and Hans H.C.M. Savelberg; Mechanization of Cognition; Robert Hecht-Nielsen; Evolutionary Robotics and Open-Ended Design Automation; Hod Lipson; Genetic Algorithms: Mimicking Evolution and Natural Selection in Optimization Models; Tammy Drezner and Zvi Drezner; Robotic Biomimesis of Intelligent Mobility, Manipulation, and Expression; David Hanson; Bio-Nanorobotics: A Field Inspired by Nature; Ajay Ummat, Atul Dubey, and Constantinos Mavroidis; Molecular Design of Biological and Nano-Materials; Shuguang Zhang, Hidenori Yokoi, and Xiaojun Zhao; Engineered Muscle Actuators: Cells and Tissues; Robert G. Dennis and Hugh Herr; Artificial Muscles Using Electroactive Polymers; Yoseph Bar-Cohen; Biologically Inspired Optical Systems; Robert Szema and Luke P. Lee; Multifunctional Materials; Sia Nemat-Nasser, Syrus Nemat-Nasser, Thomas Plaisted, Anthony Starr, and Alireza Vakil Amirkhizi; Defense and Attack Strategies and Mechanisms in Biology; Julian F.V. Vincent; Biological Materials in Engineering Mechanisms; Justin Carlson, Shail Ghaey, Sean Moran, Cam Anh Tran, and David L. Kaplan; Functional Surfaces in Biology: Mechanisms and Applications; Stanislav N. Gorb; Biomimetic and Biologically Inspired Control; Zhiwei Luo, Shigeyuki Hosoe, and Masami Ito; Interfacing Microelectronics and the Human Visual System; Rajat N. Agrawal, Mark S. Humayun, James Weiland, Gianluca Lazzi, and Keyoor Chetan Gosalia; Artificial Support and Replacement of Human Organs; Pramod Bonde; Nastic Structures: The Enacting and Mimicking of Plant Movements; Rainer Stahlberg and Minoru Taya; Biomimetics: Reality, Challenges, and Outlook; Yoseph Bar-Cohen; Index
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC/Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 527 pages, [32] pages of plates), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 600; Biomimetics; Bionics; Bionics; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Inventions; SCIENCE -- Applied Sciences; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Biomimetics; Bionics; Biomimetics; Bionics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849331633; 9780849331633; 1420037714; 9781420037715
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.