Geometry and Mechanics in the Opening of Chiral Seed Pods

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“Vegetable Dynamicks”: The Role of Water in Plant Movements (2012, background): “…bending movement, which can drive, for example, the opening and closing of a pine cone (Dawson et al. 1997, Reyssat & Mahadevan 2009) (Figure 9d, f ), the penetration of seeds into soil (Elbaum et al. 2007, Evangelista et al. 2011) (Figure 9c,e), and the opening of seed pods (Armon et al. 2011).”
Hygrobot: A self-locomotive ratcheted actuator powered by environmental humidity (2018, background): “In particular, hygroexpansive properties of plant cells, leading to volumetric change in response to moisture content, are exploited by many plants, as seen in opening and closing of pine cones (1); self-digging of seeds of wild wheat (2), Erodium (3), and Pelargonium (4); self-sealing of pollen gra”
Shape control of active surfaces inspired by the movement of euglenids (2014, background): “Modeling mechanically the active surface as a non-Euclidean plate (NEP), we further examine the mechanism beyond the geometric singularities arising from embeddability, where mechanics and buckling play a decisive role.”
Buckling-induced smart applications: recent advances and trends (2015, background): “process of seed pods opening in Bauhinia variegata [138],”