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Mechanical Innovations of a Climbing Cactus: Functional Insights for a New Generation of Growing Robots

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 Selenicereus setaceus (Cactaceae) from the Atlantic forest of Brazil and discuss the potential...

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Published in:Front Robot AI
Main Authors: Soffiatti, Patricia, Rowe, Nick P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7806016/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33501232
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2020.00064
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