Electric Field Control of Bacteria-Powered Microrobots Using a Static Obstacle Avoidance Algorithm

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Bacteria-powered Bio-Bots Avoid Obstacles on Way to Target

Medgadget, 18 Mar 2016

Microscopic robots, powered by bacterial flagellation, are a curious branch of robotics research, potentially leading to…

http://www.kurzweilai.net/electrical-control-of-bacteria-powered-microrobots

Bruce's Blog, 16 Mar 2016

Electrical control of bacteria-powered…

Microrobots use the power of bacteria to avoid obstacles

Engadget RSS Feed, 16 Mar 2016

We don't need to scale down Google's self-driving system to make microrobots that can swim in fluid while avoiding obstacles.

This Bacteria-Powered Microrobot Navigates via Electric Fields

Brights - Die Natur des Zweifels, 08 Feb 2016

Engineers from Drexel University have devised a bacteria-powered microrobot that can be steered through fluids with applied…

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