How water flow, geometry, and material properties drive plant movements

Morris, Richard J.; Blyth, Mark

doi:10.1093/jxb/erz167

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“…From the growing of shoots and roots, to the opening and closing of stomata at the leaf surface, to the rapid snapping of carnivorous plants and the explosive launch of seed pods, plants have evolved a remarkable range of mechanisms to generate motions without the need for a muscular structure (Darwin, 1880;Gilroy and Masson, 2008;Forterre, 2013;Jung et al, 2014;Geitmann, 2016;Echevin et al, 2019;Morris and Blyth, 2019).…”

Section: Movements In Plants Without Musclesmentioning

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The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review

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It has been 10 years since the publication of the first article looking at plants as a biomechatronic system and as model for robotics. Now, roboticists have started to look at plants differently and consider them as a model in the field of bioinspired robotics. Despite plants have been seen traditionally as passive entities, in reality they are able to grow, move, sense, and communicate. These features make plants an exceptional example of morphological computation-with probably the highest level of adaptability among all living beings. They are a unique model to design robots that can act in-and adapt to-unstructured, extreme, and dynamically changing environments exposed to sudden or long-term events. Although plant-inspired robotics is still a relatively new field, it has triggered the concept of growing robotics: an emerging area in which systems are designed to create their own body, adapt their morphology, and explore different environments. There is a reciprocal interest between biology and robotics: plants represent an excellent source of inspiration for achieving new robotic abilities, and engineering tools can be used to reveal new biological information. This way, a bidirectional biology-robotics strategy provides mutual benefits for both disciplines. This mini-review offers a brief overview of the fundamental aspects related to a bioengineering approach in plant-inspired robotics. It analyses the works in which both biological and engineering aspects have been investigated, and highlights the key elements of plants that have been milestones in the pioneering field of growing robots.

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Section: Movements In Plants Without Musclesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review

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“…This occurs in the absence of actin–myosin-regulated muscles, and is instead driven by the controlled interaction of turgor, the osmotically driven uptake of water, and the cell wall (Geitmann, 2016). In their review, Morris and Blyth (2019) describe the mechanism of various plants or plant organs that are able to change shape in a reversible manner. The authors base their discourse on the fact that the physical principles underpinning such movement include osmosis, elastic instabilities, and cell wall mechanics.…”

Section: From Cells To Trees From Fluid Mechanics To Non-linear Viscmentioning

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Plant biomechanics in the 21st century

Geitmann

Niklas

Speck

2019

Journal of Experimental Botany

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“…(i) We use ‘motile’ (versus ‘non-motile’) to refer to traps that move during some part of the prey capture process. The proposed terminology for traps complements established terminology for plant movements more generally [ 35 , 36 ]. (ii) We use ‘intrinsic’ to denote that energy to trigger or power the motion is supplied by the metabolism of the plant and ‘extrinsic’ if the energy comes from other organisms or abiotic factors (such as wind or gravity).…”

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Complexity and diversity of motion amplification and control strategies in motile carnivorous plant traps

2021

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Similar to animals, plants have evolved mechanisms for elastic energy storage and release to power and control rapid motion, yet both groups have been largely studied in isolation. This is exacerbated by the lack of consistent terminology and conceptual frameworks describing elastically powered motion in both groups. Iconic examples of fast movements can be found in carnivorous plants, which have become important models to study biomechanics, developmental processes, evolution and ecology. Trapping structures and processes vary considerably between different carnivorous plant groups. Using snap traps, suction traps and springboard-pitfall traps as examples, we illustrate how traps mix and match various mechanisms to power, trigger and actuate motions that contribute to prey capture, retention and digestion. We highlight a fundamental trade-off between energetic investment and movement control and discuss it in a functional-ecological context.

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How water flow, geometry, and material properties drive plant movements

Cited by 19 publications

References 93 publications

The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review

The Bio-Engineering Approach for Plant Investigations and Growing Robots. A Mini-Review

Plant biomechanics in the 21st century

Complexity and diversity of motion amplification and control strategies in motile carnivorous plant traps

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