Hardware and Software manual for Evolution of Oil Droplets in a Chemo-Robotic Platform
Abstract
This manual outlines a fully automated liquid handling robot to enable physically-embodied evolution within a chemical oil-droplet system. The robot is based upon the REPRAP3D printer system and makes the droplets by mixing chemicals and then placing them in a petri dish after which they are recorded using a camera and the behaviour of the droplets analysed using image recognition software. This manual accompanies the open access publication published in Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6571.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2014
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1411.1953
- Bibcode:
- 2014arXiv1411.1953P
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Robotics;
- Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
- E-Print:
- 42 pages, 25 figures, list of printed parts