ArticleFrontiers in robotics and AI2020
Mechanical Innovations of a Climbing Cactus: Functional Insights for a New Generation of Growing Robots.
Article in Frontiers in robotics and AI, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- Biomimicry ofBiomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Survival Is Skin Deep: Toughness of the Outer Cactus Stem with Insights for Technical Envelopes.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Inverting the lady's slipper orchid: development and active-passive mechanisms in a 'living machine'.Journal of experimental botany · 2025Article
- How do roses build failure-resistant anchoring tools?PNAS nexus · 2024Article
- Anatomical and Biomechanical Properties of the Junction between Stem and Aerial Roots ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Failure without Tears: Two-Step Attachment in a Climbing Cactus.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Microspines in tropical climbing plants: a small-scale fix for life in an obstacle course.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
- Charting the twist-to-bend ratio of plant axes.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Trellis-forming stems of a tropical lianaFrontiers in plant science · 2022Article
- Ontogeny, anatomical structure and function of lobed stems in the evolution of the climbing growth form in Malvaceae (Byttneria Loefl.).Annals of botany · 2021Review
- Structural performance of a climbing cactus: making the most of softness.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2020Review
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Climbing plants are being increasingly viewed as models for bioinspired growing robots capable of spanning voids and attaching to diverse substrates. We explore the functional traits of the climbing cactus
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