The Sino-German Symposium on Biomimetics(From Animal Sensory Systems to Locomotion) was held from June 29th to July 2nd, 2015 in Munich, Germany . The symposium was funded by the Sino-German Science Center, and co-organized by the International Society of Bionic Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Chengdu Institute of Biology.

This Symposium focused on the exchange of recent bionic academic research results and developments in the understanding of animal perception, locomotion, neuronal control, and the underlying biological substrates (including materials).

Nearly 50 outstanding researchers were invited to this symposium. Board of Directors from ISBE, Zhendong Dai, Zhiwu Han, Friedrich G. Barth, ISBE Fellow member Wenjian Wu, director of the Office of Secretariat, ISBE, Runmao Wang, and some other members of the society were invited to attend the meeting and present their reports.

The symposium established an excellent platform for top researchers from Chinese and Germany presenting their findings and discussing novel approaches relevant to the biomimetics. The success of the symposium has positively influenced the potential cooperative research in relevant fields, and will promote the cooperation between the Chinese and German in the field of biomimetics.