Monday, September 7, 2009

Plasmobot: the slime mold robot

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327245.100-plasmobot-the-slime-mould-robot.html?DCMP=OTC-rss&nsref=robots

"In recent years, single-celled organisms have been used to control six-legged robots, but Andrew Adamatzky at UWE wants to go one step further by making a complete "robot" out of a plasmodium slime mould, Physarum polycephalum, a commonly occurring mould that moves towards food sources such as bacteria and fungi, and shies away from light."


Andrew Adamatzky homepage:
http://uncomp.uwe.ac.uk/adamatzky/
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