Rise of the 'robo-plants', as scientists fuse nature with tech

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Researchers in Singapore have linked up plants to electrodes, using the technology to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap its jaws shut at the push of a button on a smartphone app.

Researchers in Singapore linked up plants to electrodes, using the technology to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap its jaws shut at the push of a button on a smartphone app

The scientists used the technology to trigger a Venus flytrap to snap its jaws shut at the push of a button on a smartphone app. "These kinds of nature robots can be interfaced with other artificial robots hybrid systems," Chen Xiaodong, the lead author of a study on the research at Nanyang Technological University , told AFP.

"Farmers may find out when a disease is in progress, even before full-blown symptoms appear on the crops."

 

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