Minoru Taya, Elizabeth van Vonkenburgh, Makoto Mizunami

Bioinspired Actuators and Sensors

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first book to integrate sensor and actuator technology with bioinspired design. Experts in the field apply principles of natural actuation and sensing mechanisms to the synthetic design of smart materials and devices. Ideal for students, practising engineers, and researchers in both engineering and biology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 536
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 179mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1228g
• ISBN-13: 9781107065383
• ISBN-10: 1107065380
• Artikelnr.: 44028758

Autorenporträt

Minoru Taya is Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington and Director of the Center for Intelligent Materials and Systems (CIMS).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Principles of structural organization and functions in biological species
3. Sensory and motor systems of the living world
4. Synthetic sensing materials and sensors
5. Synthetic active materials and actuators
6. Bioinspired designs of sensors, actuators
7. Design of autonomous systems.