Energetically autonomous robots: Food for thought

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-198

  Melhuish, Chris ^a   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^a   Greenman, John ^a   Horsfield, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial autonomy; Energy autonomy; Microbial fuel cells; Oxygen cathode; Pulsed behaviour

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTRICITY; FUEL CELLS; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

ARTIFICIAL AUTONOMY; ENERGY AUTONOMY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN CATHODE; PULSED BEHAVIOUR;

ROBOTS;

EID: 33750059449     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-6574-5     Document Type: Article

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