The Phi-Bot: A robot controlled by a slime mould

Artificial Life Models in Hardware

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 213-232

  Tsuda, Soichiro ^a   Artmann, Stefan ^b   Zauner, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

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EID: 80052077183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-530-7_10     Document Type: Chapter

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