Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
EcoBot-III: A robot with guts
Ieropoulos, Ioannis; Greenman, John; Melhuish, Chris; Horsfield, Ian
Authors
John Greenman john.greenman@uwe.ac.uk
Chris Melhuish Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Ian Horsfield
Contributors
Harold Fellermann
Editor
Mark D�rr
Editor
Martin M. Hanczyc
Editor
Lone Ladegaard Laursen
Editor
Sarah Maurer
Editor
Daniel Merkle
Editor
Pierre-Alain Monnard
Editor
Kasper Stoy
Editor
Steen Rasmussen
Editor
Abstract
This paper describes the work carried out to develop EcoBot-
III, which is a robot with an artificial digestion system. The robot is powered by Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) and it is designed to collect food and water from the environment, digest the collected food and at the end of the digestion cycle, egest the waste. EcoBot-III operated successfully for 7 days when fed with anaerobic or pasteurized sludge, before mechanical failure required human intervention. Work is ongoing to improve the mechanics and thus extend the artificial agent’s operational lifetime.
Citation
Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Horsfield, I. (2010). EcoBot-III: A robot with guts. In H. Fellermann, M. Dörr, M. M. Hanczyc, L. L. Laursen, S. Maurer, D. Merkle, …S. Rasmussen (Eds.), Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010. , (733-740)
Conference Name | The 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010 |
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Conference Location | Odense, Denmark |
Start Date | Aug 19, 2010 |
End Date | Aug 23, 2010 |
Publication Date | Aug 24, 2010 |
Journal | Artificial Life XII |
Print ISSN | 0-262-29075-8 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 733-740 |
Book Title | Artificial Life XII: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, ALIFE 2010 |
ISBN | 9780262290753 |
Keywords | energy autonomy, microbial fuel cells, robotics, energy harvesting |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/976130 |
Publisher URL | http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12433 |
Related Public URLs | http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/chapters/0262290758chap131.pdf |
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