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           Here we are able to show that bacteria can control a robot.
           
 Our experimental setup provides an extraordinary safe procedure as the bacteria culture and the moving robot
           are spatially separated from each other.

       We have managed to show that our project could work. Each part functions for itself: The bioreactor offers optimal conditions
       for the microorganisms. To keep the optical density of the bacterial culture in range, we combined various hardware
       parts to a fully functioning system. The control system represents a communication hub between the hardware components
       of the project. The fluorescence chamber is a self-built measuring instrument for determining the intensity of protein
       fluorescence. And the robot solves all the tasks given to it, as you can see in Video 1. There, a test run is shown,
       in which the robot acts in its natural environment. It is connected to the control system server, but the microbiological
       part of the system is carried out by a computer that simulates a reaction of the microorganisms. In contrast, Video
       2 shows a preliminary experiment in which the system completely merges into a biohybrid entity.

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       Vid. 1: Thymio is driving around in his arena according to signals sent from a simulated bacterial culture.

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       Vid. 2: Our robot Thymio reacts to the signals, which are sent by a bacterial culture.

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