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Fungal Sensing Skin
Andrew Adamatzky
UWE Bristol
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Background
A fungal skin is a thin exible sheet of a living homogeneous mycelium made by a lamentous fungus. The skin could be used in future living architectures of adaptive buildings and as a sensing living skin for soft self-growing/adaptive robots.
Results
In experimental laboratory studies we demonstrate that the fungal skin is capable for recognising mechanical and optical stimulation. The skin reacts di erently to loading of a weight, removal of the weight, and switching illumination on and off.
Conclusions
These are the rst experimental evidences that fungal materials can be used not only as mechanical `skeletons' in architecture and robotics but also as intelligent skins capable for recognition of external stimuli and sensorial fusion.
Keywords
fungi, biomaterials, sensing, sensorial fusion, soft robotics
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Fungal Sensing Skin
Andrew Adamatzky
UWE Bristol
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Complete author information
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Peer Review Timeline
CURRENT STATUS: Under Review
Version 1
Posted 02 Dec, 2020
No community comments so far
Review #1 received
Received 11 Dec, 2020
Editorial decision: Major revision
On 11 Dec, 2020
Review #2 received
Received 09 Dec, 2020
Reviewer #2 agreed
On 29 Nov, 2020
Editor assigned
On 26 Nov, 2020
Reviewers invited
Invitations sent on 26 Nov, 2020
Reviewer #1 agreed
On 26 Nov, 2020
Submission checks complete
On 26 Nov, 2020
Editor invited
On 26 Nov, 2020
First submitted
On 24 Nov, 2020
Metrics
Comments: 0
PDF Downloads: ...
HTML Views: ...
Subject Areas
Biotechnology and Bioengineering
License:
This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License. Read Full License
Background
A fungal skin is a thin exible sheet of a living homogeneous mycelium made by a lamentous fungus. The skin could be used in future living architectures of adaptive buildings and as a sensing living skin for soft self-growing/adaptive robots.
Results
In experimental laboratory studies we demonstrate that the fungal skin is capable for recognising mechanical and optical stimulation. The skin reacts di erently to loading of a weight, removal of the weight, and switching illumination on and off.
Conclusions
These are the rst experimental evidences that fungal materials can be used not only as mechanical `skeletons' in architecture and robotics but also as intelligent skins capable for recognition of external stimuli and sensorial fusion.
Figure 1
Figure 2
Figure 3
Due to technical limitations, full-text HTML conversion of this manuscript could not be completed. However, the manuscript can be downloaded and accessed as a PDF.