This book constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Biomimetic and
Biohybrid Systems Living Machines 2016 held in Edinburgh UK in July 2016. The 34 full and
27 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 63
submissions.The theme of the conference encompasses biomimetic methods for manufacture repair
and recycling inspired by natural processes such as reproduction digestion morphogenesis and
metamorphosis.
