Mining Smartness from Nature

The 37 peer-reviewed papers making up this collection together present a wealth of up-to-date information on, "Mining Smartness from Nature".Volume is indexed by Thomson Reuters CPCI-S (WoS).The papers are grouped into the following chapters: 1: Algorithms, mechanisms and structures in nature as an inspiration to mimicking; 2: Biomimetic materials; 3: Bio-inspired sensors and actuators; 4: Biologically inspired systems and robotics; 5: Biomimetic flow control in aquatic systems and its application to bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicles. This special volume has also been published online in the series, "Advances in Science and Technology" Vol. 58.