1. Mimicking Bone Structure and Function with Structural Composite Materials

   • A. J. Parsons
   • I. Ahmed
   • C. D. Rudd

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S1 - S10

2. The Impact of Tissue Morphology, Cross-Section and Turgor Pressure on the Mechanical Properties of the Leaf Petiole in Plants

   • Tanvir Rahman Faisal
   • Ehsan M. Khalil Abad
   • Damiano Pasini

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S11 - S23

3. Fabrication and Analysis of the Multi-Coupling Bionic Wear-Resistant Material

   • Yunhong Liang
   • He Huang
   • Luquan Ren

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S24 - S29

4. Biocompatibility and Conductometric Property of Sol-Gel Derived ZnO/PVP Nanocomposite Biosensor Film

   • Olusegun J. Ilegbusi
   • Hongwei Song
   • Ratna Chakrabarti

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S30 - S35

5. Biomimetic Anti-Abrasion Surfaces of a Cone Form Component Against Soil

   • Jin Tong
   • Mohammad Almagzoub Mohammad Almobarak
   • Sen Zheng

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S36 - S42

6. Bionic Composite Material Simulating the Optical Spectra of Plant Leaves

   • Yujie Yang
   • Zhiming Liu
   • Wenjian Wu

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S43 - S49

7. Anti-Erosion Function in Animals and its Biomimetic Application

   • Zhiwu Han
   • Junqiu Zhang
   • Luquan Ren

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S50 - S58

8. Superhydrophobic Composite Films Based on THS and Nanoparticles

   • N. Gao
   • Y. Y. Yan
   • X. F. Zheng

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S59 - S66

9. Optimization of Laser Processing Parameters and Their Effect on Penetration Depth and Surface Roughness of Biomimetic Units on the Surface of 3Cr2W8V Steel

   • Zhihui Zhang
   • Luquan Ren
   • Yu Zhao

   OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S67 - S76

10. Intercrossed Microstructures of Hydroxyapatite Sheets of Tibia Bone

    • Bin Chen
    • Quan Yuan
    • Jinghong Fan

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S77 - S81

11. On the Formation of Regular Patterns from Drying Droplets and Their Potential Use for Bio-Medical Applications

    • Khellil Sefiane

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S82 - S93

12. Measurement of Force Produced by an Insect-Mimicking Flapping-Wing System

    • Quoc Viet Nguyen
    • Quang Tri Truong
    • Doyoung Byun

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S94 - S102

13. Experimental Study of a Starting Vortex Ring Generated by a Thin Circular Disk

    • Anlong Yang
    • Laibing Jia
    • Xiezhen Yin

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S103 - S108

14. Wake Signature and Strouhal Number Dependence of Finite-Span Flapping Wings

    • Joel E. Guerrero

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S109 - S122

15. Research on the Kinematic Properties of a Sperm-Like Swimming Micro Robot

    • Bai Chen
    • Surong Jiang
    • Sun Chen

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S123 - S129

16. Artificial Cambered-Wing for a Beetle-Mimicking Flapper

    • Prasetiyo Radius Bhayu
    • Quoc-Viet Nguyen
    • Doyoung Byun

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S130 - S136

17. Better Endurance and Load Capacity: An Improved Design of Manta Ray Robot (RoMan-II)

    • Chunlin Zhou
    • Kin-Huat Low

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S137 - S144

18. Finite Element Modeling of a Beetle Wing

    • Tailie Jin
    • Nam Seo Goo
    • Hoon Cheol Park

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S145 - S149

19. A Coupling Analysis of the Biomechanical Functions of Human Foot Complex during Locomotion

    • Zhihui Qian
    • Lei Ren
    • Luquan Ren

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S150 - S157

20. The Influence of Intrinsic Muscle Properties on Musculoskeletal System Stability: A Modelling Study

    • Lin Chen
    • Lei Ren

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S158 - S165

21. Experimental Investigation into Soil-Cutting Performance of the Claws of Mole Rat (Scaptochirus moschatus)

    • Wenfeng Ji
    • Donghui Chen
    • Jin Tong

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S166 - S171

22. Self-Localization of an Omnidirectional Mobile Robot Based on an Optical Flow Sensor

    • Atsushi Sanada
    • Kazuo Ishii
    • Tetsuya Yagi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S172 - S176

23. Supervised Neural Q_learning based Motion Control for Bionic Underwater Robots

    • Longxin Lin
    • Haibin Xie
    • Lincheng Shen

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S177 - S184

24. Simultaneous Optimization of Robot Structure and Control System Using Evolutionary Algorithm

    • Masanori Sato
    • Kazuo Ishii

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S185 - S190

25. Learning Control for Biomimetic Undulating Fins: An Experimental Study

    • Jing Chen
    • Tianjiang Hu
    • Lincheng Shen

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S191 - S198

26. Successful Application of Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering Design

    • Rolf Steinbuch

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S199 - S211

27. Design and Implementation of Cone Dielectric Elastomer Actuator with Double-Slider Mechanism

    • Yunguang Luan
    • Huaming Wang
    • Yinlong Zhu

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S212 - S217

28. Jacobian Matrix Derived from Cross Product and its Application into High Power Joint Mechanism Analysis

    • Yuya Nishida
    • Takashi Sonoda
    • Kazuo Ishii

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S218 - S223

29. Lightweight Design of Mechanical Structures based on Structural Bionic Methodology

    • Ling Zhao
    • Jianfeng Ma
    • Denghai Xing

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S224 - S231

30. A Review of Nature-Inspired Algorithms

    • Hongnian Zang
    • Shujun Zhang
    • Kevin Hapeshi

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S232 - S237

31. Biomimetic Construction of Category Mental Imagery Based on Recognition Mechanism of Visual Cortex of Human Brain

    • Xianghe Zhang
    • Dan Wang
    • Pingping Liu

    OriginalPaper 01 December 2010 Pages: S238 - S244