1. Biomimetic photonic structures with tunable structural colours: From natural to biomimetic to applications

   • Zelinlan Wang
   • Zhiguang Guo

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 1 - 33

2. The prey capture mechanism of micro structure on the Sarracenia Judith Hindle inner surface

   • Yang Gan
   • Huawei Chen
   • Deyuan Zhang

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 34 - 41

3. “Fluidic diode” for passive unidirectional liquid transport bioinspired by the spermathecae of fleas

   • Gerda Buchberger
   • Alexander Kogler
   • Werner Baumgartner

   OriginalPaper Open access 20 January 2018 Pages: 42 - 56

4. Investigation of punch resistance of the Allomyrira dichtoloma beetle forewing

   • Ngoc San Ha
   • Vinh Tung Le
   • Nam Seo Goo

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 57 - 68

5. A synthetic framework for evaluating and designing an anthropomorphic prosthetic hand

   • Li Jiang
   • Yuan Liu
   • Hong Liu

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 69 - 82

6. Functional design for customizing sit-to-stand assisting devices

   • Pierluigi Rea
   • Erika Ottaviano

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 83 - 93

7. Humanoid design of mechanical fingers using a motion coupling and shape-adaptive linkage mechanism

   • Yi Zhang
   • Hua Deng
   • Guoliang Zhong

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 94 - 105

8. Miniaturized twin-legged robot with an electromagnetic oscillatory actuator

   • Buhyun Shin
   • Youngshik Kim
   • Kyung-min Lee

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 106 - 113

9. The impulse excitation joint servo drive design and adaptive backstepping control of humanoid robots

   • Keqiang Bai
   • Minzhou Luo
   • Jue Wu

   OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 114 - 125

10. Application of bat algorithm based time optimal control in multi-robots formation reconfiguration

    • Guannan Li
    • Hongli Xu
    • Yang Lin

    OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 126 - 138

11. Experimental investigation of flexible hawkmoth-like wings on the wing-wake interaction in hovering flight

    • YeongGyun Ryu
    • Jo Won Chang
    • Dong-Ha Kim

    OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 139 - 153

12. Application of acetabular reinforcement ring with hook for correction of segmental acetabular rim defects during total hip arthroplasty revision

    • Jianlin Xiao
    • Xin Zhao
    • Jianlin Zuo

    OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 154 - 159

13. Design and optimization of bionic Janus blade in hydraulic torque converter for drag reduction

    • Chunbao Liu
    • Chuang Sheng
    • Zhe Yuan

    OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 160 - 172

14. Non-Newtonian flow of blood in a catheterized bifurcated stenosed artery

    • Jagadis Chandra Misra
    • Gopal Chandra Shit
    • Ranjan Pramanik

    OriginalPaper 20 January 2018 Pages: 173 - 184