Pollen tube navigation can inspire microrobot design

Sci Robot. 2017 Jul 26;2(8):eaao1891. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.aao1891. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Abstract

Modeling of microrobots can be inspired by prominent features of flowering plant pollen tubes and their directional control to deliver cargo to distant targets.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't