Sewagebot gets a heart to pump its revolting fuel

• Autores: Paul Marks
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2943, 2013, pág. 24
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It's rather unpleasant problem. A robot that powers itself by converting sewage sludge into electricity kept getting its fuel pump jammed by the chunkier lumps. Now the problem has been solved by replacing the pump with a 30-printed, shape-shifting analog of the mammalian heart. The heart will be fitted in Ecobot. Robots like Ecobot will one day be able to work untended in dangerous or polluted areas because they can turn waste into fuel.