TYOC#19/52: Confinement Livorno @IZGartlife

Uploaded May 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

The Year of CoCoRo 19/52: After having tested the electric-field confinement of Jeff robots to the base station in our pool, we went out to Livorno harbor to test it under out-of-the-lab conditions. Although our CoCoRo prototype robots were not designed to operate in salty ocean water — there is a significantly different electrical conductivity compared to freshwater — the electrical confinement worked there quite well.

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$TYOC#35/52: RelayChain Communication The Year of CoCoRo 35/52: In this video we show a set of experiments that investigate the capability of the relay chain (formed by Lily robots) to transmit (relay) information between two spatially separated places. At one of these places we trigger a special RF (radio frequency) pulse to be emitted by a robot. Neighboring robots that receive such a pulse will also send a similar pulse, this way they relay the signal along the chain. To have control over the directionality of the signal spreading, there is also a refractory period after each relaying act in which the robot is unreceptive for the relayed signal. This system is inspired by slime mold amoebas and giant honeybees and serves very well for the underwater communication purpose.$

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