The Development and Energetics of SlugBot, a Robot Predator
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Two key aspects of most living things is their ability to exploit natural sources of energy within their environment and their ability to carry out appropriate behaviour in a range of different conditions. This paper describes the progress of a current project that is attempting to develop a robot with an equivalent capability – a robot capable of autonomous action on agricultural land. The robot will sustain its self by hunting and catching slugs. Consequently the biomass will be fermentated to produce biogas, which will be converted to electricity by a fuel cell to provide the robot’s energy.
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