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. 2017 Jun 28;8:15974. doi: 10.1038/ncomms15974

Figure 6. Closed loop control of individual micromotor speeds.

Figure 6

(a) Rotational speeds of 6 micromotors driven by light powered bacteria. A feedback control loop is turned on at t=0 and adjusts light levels on each rotor based on its current speed. The feedback loop operates with a 10 s time interval shown as vertical dashed lines. (b) The s.d. of the speed in the 6 rotor sample quickly drops when we switch on the feedback control (t=0). (c) Solid lines represent the light levels over each micromotor (colour coding same as in a).