Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World

Mechanics without Muscle: Biomechanical Inspiration from the Plant World Patrick T. Martone,* Michael Boller, Ingo Burgert, Jacques Dumais, Joan Edwards, Katharine Mach, Nick Rowe, Markus Rueggeberg, Robin Seidel** and Thomas Speck** *Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada; Biology Department, St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY 14618, USA; Department of Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, 14424 Potsdam, Germany; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA; Department of Biology, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, USA; Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA; Botanique et Bioinformatique des Plantes, Universite de Montpellier, 34095 Cedex 05 France; **Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, D-79104 Freiburg, Germany