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Electrifying bacteria: The power of pee
Journal Article

An introduction into the wonderful world of microbial fuel cells and pee powered toilets.

EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

In this paper we present EvoBot, a RepRap open-source 3D-printer modified to operate like a robot for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). EvoBot is a modular liquid handling robot that has been adapted to host MFCs in its experimen... Read More about EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs).

Here today, gone tomorrow: Biodegradable soft robots
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2016 SPIE. One of the greatest challenges to modern technologies is what to do with them when they go irreparably wrong or come to the end of their productive lives. The convention, since the development of modern civilisation, is to discard a brok... Read More about Here today, gone tomorrow: Biodegradable soft robots.

EvoBot: An open-source, modular liquid handling robot for nurturing microbial fuel cells
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Liquid handling robots are rarely used in the domain of
artificial life. In this field, transitory behaviours of nonequilibrium man-made systems are studied and need an automatic monitoring and logging of results. In addition, artificial life experi... Read More about EvoBot: An open-source, modular liquid handling robot for nurturing microbial fuel cells.

An energetically-autonomous robotic tadpole with single membrane stomach and tail
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. We present an energetically autonomous robotic tadpole that uses a single membrane component for both electrical energy generation and propulsive actuation. The coupling of this small bio-inspired... Read More about An energetically-autonomous robotic tadpole with single membrane stomach and tail.

Eating, drinking, living, dying and decaying soft robots
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Soft robotics opens up a whole range of possibilities that go far beyond conventional rigid and electromagnetic robotics. New smart materials and new design and modelling methodologies mean we can start to replicate the operations and functionalities... Read More about Eating, drinking, living, dying and decaying soft robots.

Ceramic MFCs for energy conversion in practical applications
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The expense and use of non-recyclable materials often requires the retrieval and recovery of exploratory robots. Therefore, conventional materials such as plastics and metals in robotics can be limiting. For applications such as environmental monitor... Read More about Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles.

Cathode materials for ceramic based microbial fuel cells (MFCs)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This study showed the electrochemical performance of different cathode electrodes tested on a ceramic separator functioning as a cation exchange membrane. Part... Read More about Cathode materials for ceramic based microbial fuel cells (MFCs).

Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A new generation of self-sustainable and wearable Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) is introduced. Two different types of energy - chemical energy found in urine and mechanical energy harvested by manual pumping - were converted to electrical energy. The w... Read More about Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine.