Japan Society for Design Engineering

Journal "Design Engineering" Vol.39,No.7 2004
CONTENTS

Special Issue: Learning Design from Living Animals
Explanation
Learning Design of Multilink Mechanisms from Bending Movement of Animals		Shunichi KOBAYASHI	1
Bio Mimetic Design from Pectoral Fin Motion of Fish		Naomi KATO	8
Biomechanics of Swimming Motion of Micro-organisms		Tomonobu GOTO	12
Learning Design from Flying Insects		Koji TSUYUKI	17
A CFD-based View on the Flying Animal Design		Liu Hao	22
Learning Design from Dolphin		Motomu NAKASHIMA	26
Series: Design Transition (25)
Advance in the Design Technology for Dinosaur Animatronics		Tomihide ITO	32
Paper
Control for Comfortable Car Air Conditioner using Neural Network		Kazuyuki KOJIMA Keiichi WATANUKI	37
Design for Saving Energy of a Vartically Articulated Manipulator (Optimal Design of Motors and Counterbalances)		Jun AMANO Teruyuki IZUMI ukihide MIZOUE	44
Study on Slime Robot (Development of the Mobile Robot Prototype Model using Bridle Bellows)		Takeshi AOKI Akiyoshi OCHIAI Shigeo HIROSE	52

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