Tom Masselter

Flectofin: a hingeless flapping mechanism inspired by nature

Julian Lienhard, Simon Schleicher, Simon Poppinga et al. · Bioinspiration & Biomimetics · 2011 · 185 citations

Abstraction Strategies, Engineering, Biomimetic Materials +19

Ultra-fast underwater suction traps

Olivier Vincent, Carmen Weißkopf, Simon Poppinga et al. · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2011 · 122 citations · Full text

Fastest predators in the plant kingdom: functional morphology and biomechanics of suction traps found in the largest genus of carnivorous plants

Simon Poppinga, Anna Sophia Westermeier, Tom Masselter et al. · AoB Plants · 2015 · 69 citations · Full text

Silent Pumpers: A Comparative Topical Overview of the Peristaltic Pumping Principle in Living Nature, Engineering, and Biomimetics

Falk Esser, Tom Masselter, Thomas Speck · Advanced Intelligent Systems · 2019 · 55 citations · Full text

Biomimetic System, Engineering, Silent Pumpers +12

Catapulting Tentacles in a Sticky Carnivorous Plant

Simon Poppinga, Siegfried R. H. Hartmeyer, Robin Seidel et al. · PLoS ONE · 2012 · 51 citations · Full text

Biology, Terrestrial Arthropod, Myriapoda +11