Tactile bristle sensors made with slime mold

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 324-332

  Adamatzky, Andrew ^a  

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

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Bionic; Sensor; Slime mold

Indexed keywords

BIONICS; SENSORS; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY; PHYSARUM; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SINGLE CELLS; SLIME MOLD;

MOLDS;

EID: 84897007136     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2283192     Document Type: Article

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