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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Plant Robots: Harnessing Growth Actuation of Plants for Locomotion and Object Manipulation.

Kazuya Murakami, Misao Sato, Momoki Kubota, Jun Shintake

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Plant Robots: Harnessing Growth Actuation of Plants for Locomotion and Object Manipulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Kazuya MurakamiShintake Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan.
Misao SatoShintake Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan.
Momoki KubotaShintake Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan.
Jun ShintakeShintake Research Group, Department of Mechanical and Intelligent Systems Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo, 182-8585, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2442-2120

Funding

Japan Science and Technology Agency JPMJFR2126
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plants display physical displacements during their growth due to photosynthesis, which converts light into chemical energy. This can be interpreted as plants acting as actuators with a built-in power source. This paper presents a method to create plant robots that move and perform tasks by harnessing the actuation output of plants: displacement and force generated from the growing process. As the target plant, radish sprouts are employed, and their displacement and force are characterized, followed by the calculation of power and energy densities. Based on the characterization, two different plant robots are designed and fabricated: a rotational robot and a gripper. The former demonstrates ground locomotion, achieving a travel distance of 14.6 mm with an average speed of 0.8 mm h

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green roboticsplant roboticsplant robotsplantsrobots

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PMID39313932
PMCPMC11578339

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