CircuitBot: Learning to survive with robotic circuit drawing.

Robots with the ability to actively acquire power from surroundings will be greatly beneficial for long-term autonomy and to survive in uncertain environments. In this work, a scenario is presented where a robot has limited energy, and the only way to survive is to access the energy from an unregulated power source. With no wires or resistors available, the robot heuristically learns to maximize the input voltage on its system while avoiding potential obstacles during the connection.