Bionik – Roboter und Prothesen

For a long time, man has dreamed of developing robots in his own image. We are getting closer and closer to realising this dream. Robots can be found everywhere today. They have long since been used not only in industry and medicine, but also as hard-working helpers in our homes, for example as hoovers and mowing robots. Robots also perform a wide range of services and help elderly and disabled people to have a better quality of life. This volume of our non-fiction series under the motto "Ask Nature" gives a clear overview of the variety and possible uses of robots and prostheses. In addition, the reader learns interesting facts about the historical development from the automaton to the intelligent robot. Various examples are used to show how robots are developed based on models from nature and what one should know about their basic structure and functions.