Abstract
This paper reports on the proof-of-concept work to produce an energetically autonomous robot employing an artificial metabolic system using Microbial Fuel Cells. The present study compared the effects of changing a number of critical parameters, which control the fuel cell system, as a means to improve its overall performance. We demonstrate that the development of a fuel cell as an artificial metabolic system is feasible and it can provide sufficient power for a mobile robot platform to execute photo tactic 'pulsed' behaviour. The robot is code-named EcoBot I and it is the first robot in the world to be directly and entirely powered from bacterial reducing power.
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Ieropoulos, I., Melhuish, C., & Greenman, J. (2003). Artificial metabolism: Towards true energetic autonomy in artificial life. In Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science) (Vol. 2801, pp. 792–799). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_85
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