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Here today, gone tomorrow: Biodegradable soft robots (2016)
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Rossiter, J., Winfield, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2016). Here today, gone tomorrow: Biodegradable soft robots. Proceedings of SPIE, 9798, 97981S. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220611

© 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.

Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman (2015)
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Philamore, H., Rossiter, J., Stinchcombe, A., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 3888-3893. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2015.7353924

© 2015 IEEE. We present a design for an energetically autonomous artificial organism, combining two subsystems; a bio-inspired energy source and bio-inspired actuation. The work is the first demonstration of energetically autonomy in a microbial fuel... Read More about Row-bot: An energetically autonomous artificial water boatman.

Ceramic MFCs with internal cathode producing sufficient power for practical applications (2015)
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Gajda, I., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). Ceramic MFCs with internal cathode producing sufficient power for practical applications. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(42), 14627-14631. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.06.039

© 2015, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This communication reports on the potential of using MFCs for powering real world applications, whereby three interconnected MFCs directly energise an external... Read More about Ceramic MFCs with internal cathode producing sufficient power for practical applications.

An energetically-autonomous robotic tadpole with single membrane stomach and tail (2015)
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Philamore, H., Rossiter, J., & Ieropoulos, I. (2015). An energetically-autonomous robotic tadpole with single membrane stomach and tail. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 9222, 366-378. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_37

© 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.

Cathode materials for ceramic based microbial fuel cells (MFCs) (2015)
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Santoro, C., Artyushkova, K., Gajda, I., Babanova, S., Serov, A., Atanassov, P., …Cristiani, P. (2015). Cathode materials for ceramic based microbial fuel cells (MFCs). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 40(42), 14706-14715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.07.054

© 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).

Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles (2014)
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Ieropoulos, I., Chambers, L. D., Winfield, J., Ieropoulos, I., & Rossiter, J. (2014). Biodegradable and edible gelatine actuators for use as artificial muscles. Proceedings of SPIE, 9056, 90560B. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2045104

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.

Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine (2014)
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Taghavi, M., Stinchcombe, A., Greenman, J., Mattoli, V., Beccai, L., Mazzolai, B., …Ieropoulos, I. (2014). Wearable self sufficient MFC communication system powered by urine. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 8717 LNAI, 131-138. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12

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.

Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells (2013)
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Gajda, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2013). Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(26), 11559-11564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.111

One of the major limiting factors in the practical implementation of Microbial Fuel Cells is finding efficient and sustainable catalysts for the cathode half reaction, in an attempt to avoid expensive and/or toxic catalysts. The use of phototrophic o... Read More about Photosynthetic cathodes for microbial fuel cells.

Power generation and contaminant removal in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating human urine (2013)
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Greenman, J., Ieropoulos, I., Santoro, C., Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Cristiani, P., …Li, B. (2013). Power generation and contaminant removal in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating human urine. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(26), 11543-11551. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.070

The potential of single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFC) to treat raw, fresh human urine was investigated. The power generation (55 μW) of the SCMFCs with platinum (Pt)-based cathode was higher than those with Pt-free cathodes (23 μW) at the begi... Read More about Power generation and contaminant removal in single chamber microbial fuel cells (SCMFCs) treating human urine.

Increased power output from micro porous layer (MPL) cathode microbial fuel cells (MFC) (2013)
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Ieropoulos, I., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., Papaharalabos, G., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., …Ieropoulos, I. (2013). Increased power output from micro porous layer (MPL) cathode microbial fuel cells (MFC). International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38(26), 11552-11558. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.05.138

Microbial fuel cells are bio-electrochemical transducers that utilise microorganisms to generate electricity, through the oxidation of organic matter. They consist of a negative anode and a positive cathode, separated by an ion selective membrane. Th... Read More about Increased power output from micro porous layer (MPL) cathode microbial fuel cells (MFC).

Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms (2011)
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Rossiter, J. M., Bowers, A. E., Walters, P., & Ieropoulos, I. (2011). Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms. Proceedings of SPIE, 7976, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.880440

This paper presents a bio-inspired, dielectric elastomer (DE) based tubular pumping unit, developed for eventual use as a component of an artificial digestive tract onboard a microbial fuel cell powered robot (EcoBot). The pump effects fluid displace... Read More about Dielectric elastomer pump for artificial organisms.

Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output (2010)
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Ieropoulos, I., Winfield, J., Greenman, J., & Melhuish, C. (2010). Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output. ECS Transactions, 28(9), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3492221

The present study, reports on the findings of connecting 2 stacks of 48 MFCs and the importance of maturity and acclimation for the anodic biofilms. Furthermore, an attempt is made to emphasize the importance of a universal unit for quantifying power... Read More about Small scale microbial fuel cells and different ways of reporting output.

MFCs and algae (2010)
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Ieropoulos, I. A., Greenman, J., & Sauer, M. (2010). MFCs and algae. ECS Transactions, 28(9), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3492223

Algae and photosynthetic bacteria may be integrated or associated with Microbial Fuel Cells MFCs in a number of different ways including: (1) use of whole (intact) or lipid-extracted lyzed cells as the primary carbon-energy source for anodic microbia... Read More about MFCs and algae.

Optimization of bio-inspired multi-segment IPMC cilia (2010)
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Sareh, S., Conn, A. T., Rossiter, J. M., Ieropoulos, I., & Walters, P. (2010). Optimization of bio-inspired multi-segment IPMC cilia. Proceedings of SPIE, 7642, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847552

In nature, unidirectional fluid flows are often induced at micro-scales by cilia and related organelles. A controllable unidirectional flow is beneficial at these scales for a range of novel robotic and medical applications, whether the flow is used... Read More about Optimization of bio-inspired multi-segment IPMC cilia.

A hybrid microbial dielectric elastomer generator for autonomous robots (2010)
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Anderson, I. A., Ieropoulos, I., McKay, T., O'Brien, B., & Melhuish, C. (2010). A hybrid microbial dielectric elastomer generator for autonomous robots. Proceedings of SPIE, 7642, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847379

We are developing a hybrid Dielectric Elastomer Generator (DEG)-Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) energy harvester. The system is for EcoBot, an Autonomous Robot (AR) that currently uses its MFCs to extract electrical energy from biomass, in the form of flie... Read More about A hybrid microbial dielectric elastomer generator for autonomous robots.

Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water (2007)
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Ieropoulos, I., Melhuish, C., & Greenman, J. (2007). Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 2(3), S83. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/2/3/S02

This paper reports on the first stage in developing microbial fuel cells (MFCs) which can operate underwater by utilizing dissolved oxygen. In this context, the cathodic half-cell is likened to an artificial gill. Such an underwater power generator h... Read More about Artificial gills for robots: MFC behaviour in water.