Embodied Logic Flytrap (VIDEO)

University of Pennsylvania

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This artificial Venus flytrap only closes when a weight is inside and the actuator is exposed to a solvent. Structures with "embodied logic" can have even more complicated behaviors, all without motors or computers.

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