Learning from plant movements triggered by bulliform cells: the biomimetic cellular actuator.

ABSTRACT: Within the framework of a biomimetic top-down approach, our study started with the technical question of the development of a hinge-free and compliant actuator inspired by plant movements. One meaningful biological concept generator was the opening and closing movements of the leaf halves of grasses. Functional morphological investigations were carried out on the selected model plant Sesleria nitida. The results formed the basis for further clarifying the functional movement principle with a particular focus on the role of turgor changes in bulliform cells on kinetic amplification. All findings gained from the investigations of the biological model were incorporated into a finite-element analysis, as a prerequisite for the development of a pneumatic cellular actuator. The first prot

SUBMITTER: Mader A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7482577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature