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SlugBot: A Robot Predator

2001; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/3-540-44811-x_59

1611-3349

Ian Kelly, Chris Melhuish,

Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies

One of the key aspects of most living organisms is their ability to detect and exploit natural sources of energy within their environment. We are currently developing a robotic predator system that will attempt to sustain itself by hunting and catching slugs on agricultural land. A microbial fuel cell will be used to convert the slug bio-mass to electricity thus providing the robotś energy supply. This paper outlines the requirements for such a predator and describes recent progress on the robot. We also present data from trials of the robot hunting and catching slugs in a situation similar to that found in an agricultural field.