Plantoids offer versatility to humans through data collection and its adaptability to an environment. Monitoring Some plantoid experiments have shown interest in exploring the quality of soil due to their ability to operate autonomously and use sensors underground. Their autonomous nature allows researchers to track soil patterns, areas with low water or natural resources, and pollution within the soil over a period of time. Monitoring the soil through plantoids offers an advantage to current tracking methods on soil health that are not as technologized. Exploration The autonomous nature of the plantoid allows it to explore harsh environments (extremely cold or warm habitats) that researchers have trouble collecting data about. The flexibility and programming of the plantoid gives it adaptability to multiple environments, and could be used for space exploration in environments not yet explored. Researching In the biorobotics field, the behavior of the roots in a plantoid offers researchers knowledge about how plants function as a unit, and how individual units lead an organs' function. Improving the designs and studying the behavior of plants can lead to other forms of biorobotics that implement the same behavior. These new technologies could use multiple sources of information with different reactions based on how it is marked. Prototypes/Projects Multiple projects have researched and improved the design and technology of plantoids since its conceptualization. STREP Project The STREP Plantoid Project (May 1, 2012 to April 30, 2015) was an early project that made progress in the design and understanding of how the plant functions. Its goal was researching the behavior of plant roots and creating technology that could imitate the efficiency of the roots' functions. From this project, the understanding of plant roots and their behavior towards stimuli and positive factors in the environment have been published, and the communication between different parts of the system have been replicated through technology (root caps and sensors that relay information to the plantoid). This project offered data on the technology used by the sensors, which would be improved upon in later projects as the root sensors could detect more environmental factors around them. The local communication of roots to other parts of the plantoid were researched to understand the pathways and design that would best imitate these lines of communication. GrowBot Project The GrowBot project (2015) is a prototype of a plantoid that has artificial tendrils, offering mobility by gripping external surfaces. This project focused on