Bionics

an attempt to develop better machines through understanding of biological design principles. (DeGreene in Beishon and Peters, 3rd edition, pp. 92 and 94)

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Comes from biological electronics and denotes an effort (a) to use biological design principles to create novel technological devices and (b) to create mechanical substitutes for the extension of biological organs. (a) has in part been taken over in artificial intelligence, whereas (b) has become part of bio-engineering. cybernetics was involved in bionics by providing the feedback -CONTROL framework in which both tasks could be realized. (krippendorff )