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Bio-inspired Underwater Active and Passive Sensing

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Animals , for survival rely heavily on their sensing capabilities. May it be catching a prey, escaping from a predator, finding partners for reproduction or being aware of surrounding environment, senses have a very important role to play. It would not be an exaggeration to say that for a species to sustain itself and thrive through the evolutionary process, ‘sensing’ is probably the most decisive factor.

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Kanhere, E. (2017). Bio-inspired Underwater Active and Passive Sensing. In: Biomimetic Microsensors Inspired by Marine Life. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47500-4_3

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