TY - GEN
T1 - Attempt on plant machine interface
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2011
AU - Cadosch, Dominique
AU - Huang, Po Ting
AU - Damian, Dana D.
AU - Miyashita, Shuhei
AU - Aoyama, Atsushi
AU - Pfeifer, Rolf
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - In this paper, we investigate possible means of communication between plants and machines. Plants are capable of sensing a variety of environmental information. In particular, Avocado trees have an apparent response to increasing drought levels. We read out two different communication channels: morphological changes (leaf inclination) and the electric potential of the stem (biopotential) using distance sensors and biopotential electrodes, respectively. Leaf inclination reliably triggers irrigation, whereas the changes of the biopotential indicate water uptake and can be used to automatically stop the irrigation. Hence, through systematic experiments we demonstrate that morphological changes and biopotentials provide suitable control signals for interfacing plants with machines, and open a possibility to exploit abilities of plants in robotic systems.
AB - In this paper, we investigate possible means of communication between plants and machines. Plants are capable of sensing a variety of environmental information. In particular, Avocado trees have an apparent response to increasing drought levels. We read out two different communication channels: morphological changes (leaf inclination) and the electric potential of the stem (biopotential) using distance sensors and biopotential electrodes, respectively. Leaf inclination reliably triggers irrigation, whereas the changes of the biopotential indicate water uptake and can be used to automatically stop the irrigation. Hence, through systematic experiments we demonstrate that morphological changes and biopotentials provide suitable control signals for interfacing plants with machines, and open a possibility to exploit abilities of plants in robotic systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083749
DO - 10.1109/ICSMC.2011.6083749
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:83755178638
SN - 9781457706523
T3 - Conference Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics
SP - 791
EP - 796
BT - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2011 - Conference Digest
Y2 - 9 October 2011 through 12 October 2011
ER -