Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Features of English for Special Purposes 1.2 Introduction to Bionics 1.2.1 Learning from Nature 1.2.2 Terms and Definitions 1.3 Professional Organizations/Institutions 1.3.1 The Key Laboratory of Bionic Engineering (Ministry of Education) of Jilin University (KLBE) 1.3.2 The International Society of Bionic Engineering (ISBE) 1.3.3 Bionics International (BIN) 1.3.4 The Laboratory of Bionics Engineering of the University of Seville (LBE) 1.3.5 The Bionics Engineering Lab of the University of Utah (BEL) 1.3.6 The Center for Extreme Bionics (CEB) 1.3.7 Biomimicry Institute (BI) 1.3.8 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 2 Fundamentals and Principles of Bionics 2.1 Two Strategic Approaches of Bionics 2.2 Design Paradigms 2.2.1 Problem-Driven BID 2.2.2 Solution-Driven BID 2.2.3 Biomimicry Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 3 Enhance the Success of Biomimetic Programs 3.1 Biomimetic Approaches to Engineering Designs May be Suboptimal 3.2 Cases of Evaluation of Bionic Design 3.2.1 Designing Reversible Adhesives Based on Gecko Toe Pads 3.2.2 Development of High Performance Materials Based on Spider Dragline Silk 3.2.3 Worms Show Way to Efficiently Move Soil 3.3 Pathway to Enhanced Outcomes 3.3.1 Specification of the Target Function(s) 3.3.2 Choice of Model 3.3.3 Extraction of Working Principles 3.3.4 Designing Prototypes 3.3.5 Testing Prototypes Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 4 Biomimetics of Motion 4.1 Biomimics for Adaptivity 4.1.1 Micro and Macro 4.1.2 Adaptivity through Disassembly 4.1.3 Adaptivity through Motion 4.2 Motion versus Change 4.2.1 Motion as Change on a Specific Time-scale 4.2.2 Tropic and Nastic Movements 4.2.3 Locomotion 4.3 Case Studies of Motion in Nature 4.3.1 Plants and Seeds 4.3.2 Soft-Bodied Systems
4.3.3 Rigid Systems Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 5 Bioinspired Materials 5.1 Background 5.1.1 Box 1 | Essentials of mechanical properties 5.1.2 Box 2 | Common design motifs of natural structural materials 5.2 Structure and Properties of Natural Materials 5.3 Methods of Processing Hierarchical Materials 5.4 Looking Ahead Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 6 Bioinspired Robots 6.1 Bioinspired Morphologies 6.2 Bioinspired Sensors 6.2.1 Vision 6.2.2 Audition 6.2.3 Touch 6.2.4 Smell 6.2.5 Taste 6.3 Bioinspired Actuators 6.4 Bioinspired Control Architectures 6.4.1 Behavior-based Robotics 6.4.2 Learning Robotics Key vocabularies Exercises Chapter 7 Artificial Intelligence 7.1 Introduction to AI 7.2 Achieving AI 7.3 Machine Learning 7.3.1 Supervised Learning 7.3.2 Unsupervised Learning 7.3.3 Semi Supervised Learning 7.3.4 Reinforcement Learning 7.4 Challenges for AI 7.5 Application Areas of AI 7.5.1 Robots and Telemedicine 7.5.2 Education Key vocabularies Exercises References
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