EcoBot-II: An Artificial Agent with a Natural Metabolism
Open Access
- 1 December 2005
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems
- Vol. 2 (4)
- https://doi.org/10.5772/5777
Abstract
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.Keywords
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