Bioinspired Sensorics, Information Processing and Control

Living organisms sensitively perceive mechanical, optical, and chemical signals in the environment and exhibit adaptive behaviours. The mechanism of biological perception has been the focus of attention in various scientific fields over the years. Many researchers have clarified biological sensory systems, from mechanisms related to genetic information to those related to reception, information processing, and behavioural expression, and it is now possible to reconstruct these mechanisms using engineering technologies. In addition, by combining such sensors with information processing and robotics technologies, a variety of application technologies are being developed. The aim of this section is to present the latest research on the mechanisms of reception, information processing, and control in living organisms, and the sensing technologies related to them. We welcome contributions on biological sensors, their information processing, behavioural algorithms, mobile robots, and their combinations, which are expected to be applied to sensing technologies.