EvoBot: Towards a Robot-Chemostat for Culturing and Maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)

Pavlina Theodosiou; Andres Faina; Farzad Nejatimoharrami; Kasper Støy; John Greenman; Chris Melhuish; Ioannis Ieropoulos

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_38

EvoBot: Towards a Robot-Chemostat for Culturing and Maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs)

Pavlina Theodosiou, Andres Faina, Farzad Nejatimoharrami, Kasper Støy, John Greenman, Chris Melhuish, Ioannis Ieropoulos

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In this paper we present EvoBot, a RepRap open-source 3D-printer modified to operate like a robot for culturing and maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). EvoBot is a modular liquid handling robot that has been adapted to host MFCs in its experimental layer, gather data from the MFCs and react on the set thresholds based on a feedback loop. This type of robot-MFC interaction, based on the feedback loop mechanism, will enable us to study further the adaptability and stability of these systems. To date, EvoBot has automated the nurturing process of MFCs with the aim of controlling liquid delivery, which is akin to a chemostat. The chemostat is a well-known microbiology method for culturing bacterial cells under controlled conditions with continuous nutrient supply. EvoBot is perhaps the first pioneering attempt at functionalizing the 3D printing technology by combining it with the chemostat methods. In this paper, we will explore the experiments that EvoBot has carried out so far and how the platform has been optimised over the past two years.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Living Machines 2017 : Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10384
Publisher	Springer
Publication date	25 Jul 2017
Pages	453-464
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-63536-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-63537-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_38
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2017
Event	6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: Living Machines 2017 - Stanford, CA, United States Duration: 25 Jul 2017 → 28 Jul 2017

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Conference	6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems
Country/Territory	United States
City	Stanford, CA
Period	25/07/2017 → 28/07/2017

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10384
ISSN	0302-9743

Keywords

EvoBot
Microbial Fuel Cells
3D-printer
Cathode
Rep-Rap

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Theodosiou, P., Faina, A., Nejatimoharrami, F., Støy, K., Greenman, J., Melhuish, C., & Ieropoulos, I. (2017). EvoBot: Towards a Robot-Chemostat for Culturing and Maintaining Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs). In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference Living Machines 2017: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Vol. 10384, pp. 453-464). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_38

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