Development of biomechatronic devices for measurement of wrenches occurring in animal and human prehension Biomechatronik und speziell Biosensoren unterstützen auf der Grundlage biologischer Inspiration das Entstehen neuer Anwendungen in der ganzen Spanne vom Fahrzeugbau bis zur Bio Robotik. Dabei werden Mechatronik technologisches Wissen Bionik und Biologie miteinander kombiniert. There is a market trend towards the use of intelligent sensors. In the past the main reasons for this have been increased measurement accuracy programmability decreased inventory cost from the larger turndown available and a decreased maintenance cost for self diagnostics. (Expertise 1997).