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Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by Urine

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Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems (TAROS 2014)

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A new generation of self-sustainable and wearable Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs) is introduced. Two different types of energy - chemical energy found in urine and mechanical energy harvested by manual pumping - were converted to electrical energy. The wearable system is fabricated using flexible MFCs with urine used as the feedstock for the bacteria, which was pumped by a manual foot pump. The pump was developed using check valves and soft tubing. The MFC system has been assembled within a pair of socks.

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  1. Bristol Robotics Laboratory, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    Majid Taghavi, Andrew Stinchcombe, Chris Melhuish & Ioannis A. Ieropoulos

  2. Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025, Pontedera (PI), Italy

    Majid Taghavi, Virgilio Mattoli, Lucia Beccai & Barbara Mazzolai

  3. BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pontedera, Italy

    Majid Taghavi

  4. Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

    John Greenman

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

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  2. Circuits and Systems Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, Room 913c, Exhibition Road, SW7 2BT, London, UK

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  3. Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of the West of England, Coldharbour Lane, BS16 1QY, Bristol, UK

    Chris Melhuish

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Taghavi, M. et al. (2014). Wearable Self Sufficient MFC Communication System Powered by Urine. In: Mistry, M., Leonardis, A., Witkowski, M., Melhuish, C. (eds) Advances in Autonomous Robotics Systems. TAROS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8717. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10401-0_12

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