Pavlina Theodosiou
EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)
Theodosiou, Pavlina; Faina, Andres; Nejatimoharrami, Farzad; Stoy, Kasper; Greenman, John; Melhuish, Chris; Ieropoulos, Ioannis
Authors
Andres Faina
Farzad Nejatimoharrami
Kasper Stoy
John Greenman john.greenman@uwe.ac.uk
Chris Melhuish Chris.Melhuish@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Robotics & Autonomous Systems
Yannis Ieropoulos Ioannis2.Ieropoulos@uwe.ac.uk
Professor in Bioenergy & Director of B-B
Contributors
Michael Mangan
Editor
Mark Cutkosky
Editor
Anna Mura
Editor
Paul F.M.J. Verschure
Editor
Tony Prescott
Editor
Nathan Lepora
Editor
Abstract
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 experimental layer, gather data from the MFCs and react on the set thresholds based on a feedback loop. This type of robot-MFC interaction, based on the feedback loop mechanism, will enable us to study further the adaptability and stability of these systems. To date, EvoBot has automated the nurturing process of MFCs with the aim of controlling liquid delivery, which is akin to a chemostat. The chemostat is a well-known microbiology method for culturing bacterial cells under controlled conditions with continuous nutrient supply. EvoBot is perhaps the first pioneering attempt at functionalizing the 3D printing technology by combining it with the chemostat methods. In this paper, we will explore the experiments that EvoBot has carried out so far and how the platform has been optimised over the past two years.
Citation
Theodosiou, P., Faina, A., Nejatimoharrami, F., Stoy, K., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). EvoBot: Towards a robot-chemostat for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). In N. Lepora, T. Prescott, P. F. Verschure, A. Mura, M. Cutkosky, & M. Mangan (Eds.), Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. , (453-464). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_38
Conference Name | 6th International Conference, Living Machines 2017 |
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Conference Location | Stanford, CA, USA |
Start Date | Jul 26, 2017 |
End Date | Jul 28, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 16, 2017 |
Publication Date | Jul 16, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 28, 2024 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Pages | 453-464 |
Series Title | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
Series ISSN | 0302-9743 |
Book Title | Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems |
ISBN | 9783319635361 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_38 |
Keywords | EvoBot, Microbial Fuel Cells, 3D-printer, cathode, rep-rap |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/903641 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-642-39802-5#about |
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