| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L73838/01 |
| Title: |
ROPA: A MULTI-ROBOT SYSTEM WITH COMPUTATIONAL AND ENERGETIC AUTONOMY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Holland, Professor O |
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Faculty of Environment and Technology |
| Organisation: |
University of the West of England |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
18 May 1998 |
Ends: |
17 May 2000 |
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71,535
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This project will aim to demonstrate that it is possible to construct a self-sustaining artifical system with both computational and energetic automony, attributes previously only found in natural systems. The system, modelled on a termite colony, will consist of a number of small autonomous mobile robots, and a static methanogenic fermentation vessel fitted with a methane-fired electricity generator and battery charging system. The robots will capture slugs in a natural field environment, and will deliver the slug corpses to the fermentation vessel, where they will be fermented to generate methane. Robots will recharge their batteries at the charging station.
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http://www.uwe.ac.uk |