Physarum polycephalum: Towards a biological controller

BioSystems

Volumn 127, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-46

  Taylor, Benjamin ^a   Adamatzky, Andrew ^b   Greenman, John ^b   Ieropoulos, Ioannis ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROBOTICS LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cathode efficiency; Microbial fuel cells; Robotic control; Slime mould

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROL SYSTEM; ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; ROBOTICS; SLIME MOULD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY YIELD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL FUEL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; BIOENERGY; EVALUATION STUDY; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

BIOELECTRIC ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRODES; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM;

EID: 84911414837     PISSN: 03032647     EISSN: 18728324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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