`Gastrobots' - benefits and challenges of microbial fuel cells in food powered robot applications

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-111

  Wilkinson, Stuart ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; ROBOTICS;

BIOMACHINES; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 0034272630     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008984516499     Document Type: Article

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