**Preface to "Advances in Biomimetics"**

Biomimetics (also known as bionics or bioinspired technology) refers to research on living systems and attempts to transfer their properties to engineering applications. Biological materials, structures, and processes are predominantly based on the combination of various effects at different scales: from the nano- and microscales through the mesoscale and, finally, to the macroscale. This Special Issue is devoted to the latest advances in biomimetics, covering all of its subfields: (1) materials and structures; (2) design and construction of devices; (3) surfaces and interfaces; (4) architecture and climatization; (5) locomotion and bioinspired robotics; (6) sensorics, information processing, and control; (7) chemical biomimetics; and (8) energy biomimetics. The Guest Editors invited the submission of manuscripts that explore the relationships between the abovementioned topics, especially manuscripts devoted to the development of biomimetic methodology. This Special Issue showcases contributions from biological fields focusing on the identification of underlying principles in living systems, and manuscripts that apply findings obtained from existing systems to modern technologies.

> **Stanislav N. Gorb, Giuseppe Carbone, Thomas Speck, and Andreas Taubert** *Editors*
