Spontaneous robot dances highlight a new kind of order in active matter
Predicting when and how collections of particles, robots, or animals become orderly remains a challenge across science and engineering.
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A scheme to enhance how swarm robots search for multiple targets
Over the past decade or so, researchers have been trying to develop techniques that could enable effective collaborative strategies among teams of robots. One of the tasks that teams of robots could complete better than individual ...
Jun 30, 2020 feature
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Observations of robotic swarm behavior can help workers safely navigate disaster sites
Using biologically inspired robotic swarms consisting of large groups of robots that have been programmed to operate cooperatively, much like individuals in an ant or bee colony, scientists from the University of Colorado ...
May 27, 2020
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Bio-inspired algorithms to produce collaborative behaviors for robot teams
Researchers at the University of Surrey have recently developed self-organizing algorithms inspired by biological morphogenesis that can generate formations for multi-robot teams, adapting to the environment they are moving ...
Apr 22, 2020 feature
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Autonomous pods SWARM together like bees in world first demonstration
Autonomous pods born in Coventry are now able to swarm together in a world first, thanks to research by WMG at the University of Warwick in partnership with Aurrigo and Milton Keynes council.
Jan 30, 2020
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SwarmTouch: A tactile interaction strategy for human-swarm communication
Researchers at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) in Russia have recently introduced a new strategy to enhance interactions between humans and robotic swarms, called SwarmTouch. This strategy, presented ...
Sep 30, 2019 feature
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An evolutionary robotics approach for robot swarm cooperation
Recombination, the rearrangement of genetic materials as a result of mating or of combining segments of DNA from different organisms, has numerous evolutionary advantages. For instance, it allows organisms to remove deleterious ...
Aug 15, 2019 feature
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From motion to emotion: The potential of robot swarms in artistic performances
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have recently carried out an interesting study exploring how motion and shape descriptors that are associated with particular emotions can be incorporated into swarm behaviors ...
Apr 15, 2019 feature
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Microrobots that can form into multiple types of swarming shapes
A team of researchers from the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and Michigan State University in the U.S. has developed a way to control swarming microrobots that are able to form into multiple types of shapes. In ...
Mar 27, 2019 report
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Using laser beams for communication and coordination of spacecraft swarms
Swarms of small spacecraft could have a variety of interesting applications, particularly in terms of Earth observation, global positioning and communications. Compared to large spacecraft, small spacecraft provide greater ...
Feb 12, 2019 feature
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