Although this experiment is still in its infancy, communicating with plants is no longer impossible, through new systems that make the plant issue an alert.

In this context, a number of scientists in Singapore have conducted experiments on new systems aimed at communicating with plants, making them issue an alert when they are infected with a disease.

Regarding the experiment, the researchers used technology to make the carnivorous “flycatcher” plant close its “jaws” consisting of two lobes, based on a signal issued by a smartphone, and connect one of the lobes to a robotic arm in order to extract a thin piece of metal wire that does not exceed half a millimeter, and then pick up an object. Small when dropped.

However, the researchers believe that they can be used in the future to design “robotic plants” capable of delicately and delicately handling very fragile objects, something that the “rigid arms of traditional robots” cannot.

Also, monitoring the electrical signals of plants may make it possible to detect signals that indicate their illness or any abnormal condition, and this allows farmers to know that a disease is spreading, even before clear symptoms appear.

The researchers designed electrodes with a soft texture, similar to plastic films, that can be tied around the plant to monitor signals more accurately. These electrodes are attached with a low-temperature liquid that turns into a gelatinous substance at ambient temperature, and other researchers are also following this path.