Advances in Biomimetic Robotics

Bio-inspired robotic locomotion is a fairly new subcategory of bio-inspired design. It is about learning concepts from nature and applying them to the design of real-world engineered systems. More specifically, this field is about making robots that are inspired by biological systems. Biomimicry and bio-inspired design are sometimes confused. Biomimicry is copying the nature while bio-inspired design is learning from nature and making a mechanism that is simpler and more effective than the system observed in nature. Biomimicry has led to the development of a different branch of robotics called soft robotics.


In the present book, fifteen typical literatures about biomimetic robotics published on international authoritative journals were selected to introduce the worldwide newest progress, which contains reviews or original researches on biomimetics, bio-inspired technologies, soft robotics, control methods and materials, biolocomotion, etc. We hope this book can demonstrate advances in biomimetic robotics as well as give references to the researchers, students and other related people.

Components of the Book:
  • Chapter 1
    An adaptive spinal-like controller: tunable biomimetic behavior for a robotic limb
  • Chapter 2
    A biomimetic study of natural attachment mechanisms: imaging cellulose and chitin part 2
  • Chapter 3
    Microdesign using frictional, hooked, attachment mechanisms: a biomimetic study of natural attachment mechanisms—Part 3
  • Chapter 4
    Towards real-time communication between in vivo neurophysiological data sources and simulator-based brain biomimetic models
  • Chapter 5
    HUmanoid Robotic Leg via pneumatic muscle actuators: implementation and control
  • Chapter 6
    On neuromechanical approaches for the study of biological and robotic grasp and manipulation
  • Chapter 7
    Augmented repair of radial meniscus tear with biomimetic electrospun scaffold: an in vitro mechanical analysis
  • Chapter 8
    A biomimetic study of natural attachment mechanisms—Arctium minus part 1
  • Chapter 9
    Learning by imitation with the STIFF-FLOP surgical robot: a biomimetic approach inspired by octopus movements
  • Chapter 10
    Soft robotic devices for hand rehabilitation and assistance: a narrative review
  • Chapter 11
    Mobility training using a bionic knee orthosis in patients in a post-stroke chronic state: a case series
  • Chapter 12
    Case-study of a user-driven prosthetic arm design: bionic hand versus customized body-powered technology in a highly demanding work environment
Readership: Students, academics, teachers and other people attending or interested in biomimetic robotics.
Henrietta L Galiana, Department of Biomedical Engineering, McGill University, Montréal, Canada

Bruce E. Saunders, University of Bath, Bath, UK

Giljae Lee, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

William W Lytton, Department of Neurology, State University New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA

Marco Santello, School of Biological and Health Systems Engineering Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

Benjamin B. Rothrauff, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA

and more...
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