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Condition: Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket ... Like new: A book that looks new but has been read. Cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket (if applicable) is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Subject Area: Anatomy, Bioengineering, Natural Science

Educational Level: Adult & Further Education, Secondary School

Level: Intermediate, Advanced

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

ISBN: 9780262014526

Publication Year: 2010

Type: Textbook

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Publication Name: How to Catch a Robot Rat: When Biology Inspires Innovation

Item Height: 229mm

Author: Jean-Arcady Meyer, Agnes Guillot

Publisher: MIT Press Ltd

Item Width: 152mm

Subject: Evolution

Item Weight: 567g

Number of Pages: 240 Pages

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How biology has inspired technology -- from a watch with an alarm modeled on a cricket's noisemaking to a robot that can dance. Humans have modeled their technology on nature for centuries. The inventor of paper was inspired by a wasp's nest; Brunelleschi demonstrated the principles of his famous dome with an egg; a Swiss company produced a wristwatch with an alarm modeled on the sound-producing capabilities of a cricket. Today, in the era of the new bionics, engineers aim to reproduce the speed and maneuverability of the red tuna in a submarine; cochlear implants send sound signals to the auditory nerve of a hearing-impaired person; and robots replicate a baby's cognitive development. How to Catch a Robot Rat examines past, present, and future attempts to apply the methods and systems found in nature to the design of objects and devices. The authors look at natural technology transfers : how the study of nature inspired technological breakthroughs -- including the cricket-inspired watch; Velcro, which duplicates the prickly burrs of a burdock flower; and self-sharpening blades that are modeled on rats' self-sharpening teeth. They examine autonomous robots that imitate animals and their behaviors -- for example, the development of an unmanned microdrone that could fly like an albatross. And they describe hybrids of natural and artificial systems: neuroprostheses translating the thought of quadriplegics; and a nanorobot controlled by muscle cells. Some of the ideas described have outstripped technology's capacity to realize them; nature has had more than three billion years to perfect its designs, humankind not quite so long.

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MIT Press Ltd

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Jean-Arcady Meyer, Agnes Guillot

Publication Name

How to Catch a Robot Rat: When Biology Inspires Innovation

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Hardcover

Language

English

Subject

Evolution

Publication Year

2010

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

240 Pages

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229mm

Item Width

152mm

Item Weight

567g

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Jean-Arcady Meyer, Agnes Guillot

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How to Catch a Robot Rat

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