Fungal Sensing Skin
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 dierently 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.
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Posted 02 Dec, 2020
Received 11 Dec, 2020
On 11 Dec, 2020
Received 09 Dec, 2020
On 29 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
Invitations sent on 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 24 Nov, 2020
Fungal Sensing Skin
Posted 02 Dec, 2020
Received 11 Dec, 2020
On 11 Dec, 2020
Received 09 Dec, 2020
On 29 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
Invitations sent on 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 26 Nov, 2020
On 24 Nov, 2020
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 dierently 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.