Engineered biomimicry [electronic resource] / edited by Akhlesh Lakhtakia and Raúl J. Martín-Palma.
Engineered Biomimicry covers a broad range of research topics in the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Biologically inspired science and technology, using the principles of math and physics, has led to the development of products as ubiquitous as VelcroT (modeled after the spiny hooks on plant seed...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full Text (via ScienceDirect) |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
2013.
|
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; The World's Top Olympians; 1 Biomimetic Vision Sensors; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Imaging, vision sensors, and eyes; 1.2.1 Basic Optics and Sensors; 1.2.1.1 Object and Image Distances; 1.2.1.2 Effect of Aperture Size; 1.2.1.3 Depth of Field; 1.2.1.4 Field of View; 1.2.1.5 Aberrations; 1.2.1.6 Reflection and refraction; 1.2.2 Fourier Optics Approach; 1.2.2.1 Point-Spread Function; 1.2.2.2 Optical Transfer Function, Modulation Transfer Function, and Contrast Transfer Function; 1.2.2.3 Aberrations.
- 1.2.2.4 Detector Arrays1.2.2.5 Image Acquisition Electronics; 1.2.3 Recommended Approach; 1.3 Biomimetic approaches to vision sensors; 1.3.1 Camera Eye; 1.3.2 Compound Eye; 1.3.2.1 Types of Insect Compound Eyes; 1.3.3 Visual Processing; 1.3.3.1 Optical Flow; 1.3.3.2 Motion Processing; 1.3.3.3 Light Adaptation; 1.3.3.4 Lateral Inhibition; 1.3.3.5 Navigation; 1.4 Case Study: Musca domestica vision sensor; 1.5 Biomimetic vision sensor developments; 1.6 Concluding remarks; References; 2 Noise Exploitation and Adaptation in Neuromorphic Sensors; 2.1 Introduction.
- 3.3 Biomimetic hard materials at the macroscale3.3.1 Fabrication; 3.4 Biomimetic hard materials at the micro- and nanoscales; 3.4.1 Freeze-casting method; 3.4.2 Layer-by-Layer assembly; 3.4.3 Direct-Deposition techniques; 3.4.4 Centrifugation, sedimentation, shearing, and gel casting; 3.4.5 Template-assisted fabrication; 3.5 Conclusion and outlook; References; 4 Biomimetic Robotics; 4.1 Introduction to biomimicry; 4.2 Technologies facilitating biomimetic robotics; 4.2.1 Smart Materials and Smart Structures; 4.2.2 Biomimetic Sensors and Actuators.
- 4.2.3 Biomimetic and Bio-Inspired Signal Processing4.2.4 Modeling and Control of Anthropomorphic Manipulators; 4.2.5 Shape and Morphing Control; 4.3 Engineering applications; 4.3.1 Modeling and Control of Robotic Manipulators; 4.3.1.1 Introduction; 4.3.1.2 Modeling of a Multilink Serial Manipulator; 4.3.1.3 Application to the Position Control of a Three-Link Flexible Serial Manipulator; 4.3.2 Muscle Activation Modeling for Human Limb Prosthesis and Orthotics; 4.3.2.1 Muscle Activation Dynamics Modeling; 4.3.2.2 Modeling of the Neuromuscular Action Potentials.