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One of the key aspects of most living organisms is their ability to detect and exploit natural sources of energy within their environment. We are currently developing a robotic predator system that will attempt to sustain itself by hunting and catching slugs on agricultural land. A microbial fuel cell will be used to convert the slug bio-mass to electricity thus providing the robotś energy supply. This paper outlines the requirements for such a predator and describes recent progress on the robot. We also present data from trials of the robot hunting and catching slugs in a situation similar to that found in an agricultural field.
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Kelly, I., Melhuish, C. (2001). SlugBot: A Robot Predator. In: Kelemen, J., Sosík, P. (eds) Advances in Artificial Life. ECAL 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 2159. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44811-X_59
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