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Biohybrid Entities for Environmental Monitoring

Thenius, Ronald; Rajewicz, Wiktoria; Varughese, Joshua Cherian; Schoenwetter-Fuchs, Sarah; Arvin, Farshad; Casson, Alexander J.; Wu, Chao; Lennox, Barry; Campo, Alexandre; van Vuuren, Godfried Jansen; Stefanini, Cesare; Romano, Donato; Schmickl, Thomas

Authors

Ronald Thenius

Wiktoria Rajewicz

Joshua Cherian Varughese

Sarah Schoenwetter-Fuchs

Alexander J. Casson

Chao Wu

Barry Lennox

Alexandre Campo

Godfried Jansen van Vuuren

Cesare Stefanini

Donato Romano

Thomas Schmickl



Abstract

In the wake of climate change and water quality crisis, it is crucial to find novel ways to extensively monitor the environment and to detect ecological changes early. Biomonitoring has been found to be an effective way of observing the aggregate effect of environmental fluctuations. In this paper, we outline the development of biohybrids which will autonomously observe simple organisms (microorganisms, algae, mussels etc.) and draw conclusions about the state of the water body. These biohybrids will be used for continuous environmental monitoring and to detect sudden (anthropologically or ecologically catastrophic) events at an early stage. Our biohybrids are being developed within the framework of project Robocoenosis, where the operational area planned are Austrian lakes. Additionally, we discuss the possible use of various species found in these waters and strategies for biomonitoring. We present early prototypes of devices that are being developed for monitoring of organisms.

Citation

Thenius, R., Rajewicz, W., Varughese, J. C., Schoenwetter-Fuchs, S., Arvin, F., Casson, A. J., …Schmickl, T. (2021). Biohybrid Entities for Environmental Monitoring. . https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00366

Presentation Conference Type Conference Paper (Published)
Conference Name The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life
Start Date Jul 18, 2021
End Date Jul 22, 2021
Online Publication Date Jul 19, 2021
Publication Date 2021
Deposit Date May 27, 2022
Pages 33
Series Title Artificial Life Conference Proceedings
DOI https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00366
Keywords biohybrid robotics, complexity of environment, microbial fuel cells, autonomous underwater robotics
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1137564