ADCP workshop series offers a forum for presentation and discussion to bring advanced theories and technologies to the design and simulation of complex equipment and products, with a focus on computational design and evaluation methods and tools. ADCP2017 will be held as a special track of the 2017 International Conference of Mechanical Design & the 19th Mechanical Design Annual Conference (ICMD 2017). The theme of ADCP2017 is Design inspired by Biology and Nature.