Towards new frontiers for distributed environmental monitoring based on an ecosystem of plant seed-like soft robots

Project Information

I-Seed

Grant agreement ID: 101017940

DOI 10.3030/101017940

EC signature date 1 December 2020

Start date 1 January 2021

End date 31 December 2024

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost € 3 997 521,25

EU contribution € 3 997 521,25

Coordinated by

FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
Italy

Deliverables

Documents, reports (10)

I-Seed field validation strategy

Report on ISeed field validation strategy

Seed-inspired robots: from biological functions to artificial requirements

Report on seedinspired robots from biological functions to artificial requirements

Plan for cross-project collaboration I

Plan for crossproject collaboration I

Sensor materials with sufficient linear range established for CO2, Hg2+ ions, and temperature

Report on sensor materials with sufficient linear range established for CO2, Hg2+ ions, and temperature

"Communication, Dissemination, and Exploitation plan (""CoDE"" plan)"

Report on the Communication Dissemination and Exploitation plan CoDE plan

Report on architecture
Vision and Blueprint for Environmental Intelligence in Europe I
Vision and Blueprint for Environmental Intelligence in Europe III
Vision and Blueprint for Environmental Intelligence in Europe II
I-Seed environmental scenario

Report on ISeed environmental scenario

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website and dissemination materials

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Temperature sensors with different memory characteristics established based on inclusion materials

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Data Management Plan I

Other (1)

I-Seed Summer School

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

4D Printing of Humidity-Driven Seed Inspired Soft Robots

Author(s): Cecchini, Luca; Mariani, Stefano; Ronzan, Marilena; Mondini, Alessio; Pugno, Nicola M.; Mazzolai, Barbara
Published in: Advanced Science, 2023, ISSN 2198-3844
Publisher: Weinheim: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/advs.202205146

Morphological Computation in Plant Seeds for a New Generation of Self-Burial and Flying Soft Robots

Author(s): Barbara Mazzolai, Stefano Mariani, Marilena Ronzan, Luca Cecchini, Isabella Fiorello, Kliton Cikalleshi, Laura Margheri
Published in: Front Robot AI, 2021, ISSN 2296-9144
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2021.797556

An autonomous biodegradable hygroscopic seed-inspired soft robot for visual humidity sensing

Author(s): Stefano Mariani, Luca Cecchini, Nicola M. Pugno, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Materials & Design, 2023, ISSN 1873-4197
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112408

A printed luminescent flier inspired by plant seeds for eco-friendly physical sensing

Author(s): Cikalleshi, K., Nexha, A., Kister, T., Ronzan, M., Mondini, A., Mariani, S., Kraus, T., & Mazzolai, B.
Published in: Science Advances, 2023, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adi8492

Recent applications and novel strategies for mercury determination in environmental samples using microextraction-based approaches: A review

Author(s): Amico D., Tassone A., Pirrone N., Sprovieri F., Naccarato A.
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Issue 433, 2022, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128823

Mechanics and transient morphing of soft hygroscopic bilayers

Author(s): Eman H.O. Alameen; Alessandro Lucantonio; Antonio DeSimone
Published in: Mechanics Research Communications, 2023, ISSN 1873-3972
Publisher: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2023.104131

Detection of Artificial Seed-like Objects from UAV Imagery

Author(s): Yanuar A. Bomantara; Hasib Mustafa; Harm Bartholomeus; Lammert Kooistra
Published in: Remote Sensing 15 (2023) 6, Issue 8, 2023, ISSN 2072-4292
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/rs15061637

Control and navigation problems for model bio-inspired microswimmers

Author(s): Alberto Lolli; Giovanni Corsi; Antonio DeSimone
Published in: Meccanica, 2022, ISSN 1572-9648
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/s11012-022-01567-9

A Bioinspired Plasmonic Nanocomposite Actuator Sunlight-Driven by a Photothermal-Hygroscopic Effect for Sustainable Soft Robotics

Author(s): Mariani, Stefano; Cecchini, Luca; Mondini, Alessio; Del Dottore, Emanuela; Ronzan, Marilena; Filippeschi, Carlo; Pugno, Nicola M.; Sinibaldi, Edoardo; Mazzolai, Barbara
Published in: Advanced Materials Technologies, 2023, ISSN 2365-709X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/admt.202202166

Mechanics of tubular meshes made of helical fibers and application to modeling McKibben artificial muscles

Author(s): Quaglierini, Jacopo; Arroyo, Marino; De Simone, Antonio
Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures, 2023, ISSN 0020-7683
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2023.112451

First atmospheric mercury measurements at a coastal site in the Apulia region: seasonal variability and source analysis

Author(s): Martino M., Tassone A., Angiuli L., Naccarato A., Dambruoso P.R., Mazzone, Trizio L., Leonardi C., Petracchini F., Sprovieri F., Pirrone N., D’Amore F., Bencardino M.
Published in: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, ISSN 1614-7499
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-022-20505-6

Conference proceedings (3)

Bioinspired Soft Actuator Based on Photothermal Expansion of Biodegradable Polymers

Author(s): Cecchini, L., Mariani, S., Pugno, N. M., & Mazzolai, B.
Published in: Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2023, 2023, Page(s) 156-164, ISBN 978-3-031-38857-6
Publisher: Springer Link
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_12

Advancing environmental intelligence through novel approaches in soft bioinspired robotics and allied technologies: I-Seed project position paper for Environmental Intelligence in Europe

Author(s): Mazzolai, Barbara; Kraus, Tobias; Pirrone, Nicola; Kooistra, Lammert; de Simone, Antonio; Cottin, Antoine; Margheri, Laura
Published in: GoodIT '22: Proceedings of the 2022 ACM Conference on Information Technology for Social Good, Limassol Cyprus September 7 - 9, 2022, 2022, ISBN 978-1-4503-9284-6
Publisher: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3524458.3547262

A 3D-Printed Biomimetic Porous Cellulose-Based Artificial Seed with Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystals for Colorimetric Humidity Sensing

Author(s): Kliton Cikalleshi, Stefano Mariani, Barbara Mazzolai
Published in: Biomimetic and biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2023, 2023, Page(s) 117-129, ISBN 978-3-031-38857-6
Publisher: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-38857-6_9