Explore the student projects, experimental devices and bio-inspired prototypes developed around plant physics, soft robotics and scientific instrumentation.
Internship project: Imran - Bio-Inspired Systems team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement. Study of how osmotic state influences the stiffness and deformation of potato parenchyma.
Internship project: Nassim - Bio-Inspired Systems team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement. Design, fabrication, textile reinforcement and instrumentation of a pneumatic demonstrator reproducing stomatal opening.
Internship project: Elyas - Bio-Inspired Systems team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement. Fabrication of soft pneumatic actuators inspired by plant motion using printed temporary hydrogel molds.
Internship project: Aidan - Bio-Inspired Systems team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement. Design of a mini wind tunnel and an experimental protocol to study the influence of flutter on leaf heat transfer.
Internship project: Afif - Bio-Inspired Systems team, Institut des Sciences du Mouvement. Design and fabrication of a flexible electroosmotic pump inspired by plant-cell turgor, using an Ecoflex chamber, propylene carbonate and a parametric CATIA mold.