EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism

EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism

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In this paper we report the development of the robot EcoBot-II, which exhibits a primitive form of artificial symbiosis. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) were used as the onboard energy supply, which consisted of bacterial cultures from sewage sludge and employed oxygen from free air for oxidation at the...

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Main Authors: Ioannis Ieropoulos, Chris Melhuish, John Greenman, Ian Horsfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2005-12-01
Series:International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5772/5777
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spelling doaj-823f03e84b1e4c84b71f663a7feccafc2020-11-25T03:39:28ZengSAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems1729-88142005-12-01210.5772/577710.5772_5777EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural MetabolismIoannis Ieropoulos0Chris Melhuish1John Greenman2Ian Horsfield3Microbiology Research Lab, Applied Sciences Faculty, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, U.K.Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab, CEMS Faculty, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, U.K.Microbiology Research Lab, Applied Sciences Faculty, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, U.K.Intelligent Autonomous Systems Lab, CEMS Faculty, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, U.K.In this paper we report the development of the robot EcoBot-II, which exhibits a primitive form of artificial symbiosis. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) were used as the onboard energy supply, which consisted of bacterial cultures from sewage sludge and employed oxygen from free air for oxidation at the cathode. EcoBot-II was able to perform sensing, information processing, communication and actuation when fed (amongst other substrates) with flies. This is the first robot in the world, to utilise unrefined substrate, oxygen from free air and exhibit four different types of behaviour.https://doi.org/10.5772/5777
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author Ioannis Ieropoulos
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John Greenman
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EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
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title EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
title_short EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
title_full EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
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title_full_unstemmed EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
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series International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
issn 1729-8814
publishDate 2005-12-01
description In this paper we report the development of the robot EcoBot-II, which exhibits a primitive form of artificial symbiosis. Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) were used as the onboard energy supply, which consisted of bacterial cultures from sewage sludge and employed oxygen from free air for oxidation at the cathode. EcoBot-II was able to perform sensing, information processing, communication and actuation when fed (amongst other substrates) with flies. This is the first robot in the world, to utilise unrefined substrate, oxygen from free air and exhibit four different types of behaviour.
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