Self-Actuated Paper and Wood Models: Low-Cost Handcrafted Biomimetic Compliant Systems for Research and Teaching
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Motivation
1.2. Plant Concept Generators
1.2.1. Flower of the Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia reginae)
1.2.2. False Rose of Jericho (Selaginella lepidophylla)
1.2.3. Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Waterwheel Plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa)
1.2.4. Blooming of the Lily Flower (Lilium spec.)
1.2.5. Opening of the Legume Seed Pod
1.2.6. Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Paper-Based Models
2.1.1. Flower of the Bird of Paradise (S. reginae)
2.1.2. False Rose of Jericho (S. lepidophylla)
2.1.3. Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Waterwheel Plant (A. vesiculosa)
2.1.4. Blooming of the Lily Flower (L. Spec.)
2.1.5. Opening of the Legume
2.2. Paper-Polymer Model
Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Venus Flytrap (D. muscipula)
2.3. Wood-Polymer Models
Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Waterwheel Plant (A. vesiculosa)
3. Results
3.1. Paper-Based Models
3.1.1. Flower of the Bird of Paradise (S. reginae)
3.1.2. False Rose of Jericho (S. lepidophylla)
3.1.3. Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Waterwheel Plant (A. vesiculosa)
3.1.4. Blooming of the Lily Flower (L. spec.)
3.1.5. Opening of the Legume
3.2. Paper-Polymer Model
Snap-Trap of the Carnivorous Venus Flytrap (D. muscipula)
3.3. Wood-Polymer Models
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Poppinga, S.; Schenck, P.; Speck, O.; Speck, T.; Bruchmann, B.; Masselter, T. Self-Actuated Paper and Wood Models: Low-Cost Handcrafted Biomimetic Compliant Systems for Research and Teaching. Biomimetics 2021, 6, 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6030042
Poppinga S, Schenck P, Speck O, Speck T, Bruchmann B, Masselter T. Self-Actuated Paper and Wood Models: Low-Cost Handcrafted Biomimetic Compliant Systems for Research and Teaching. Biomimetics. 2021; 6(3):42. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6030042
Chicago/Turabian StylePoppinga, Simon, Pablo Schenck, Olga Speck, Thomas Speck, Bernd Bruchmann, and Tom Masselter. 2021. "Self-Actuated Paper and Wood Models: Low-Cost Handcrafted Biomimetic Compliant Systems for Research and Teaching" Biomimetics 6, no. 3: 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics6030042