2008-03-17

Swarm robotics (videos)

Some videos, with an introduction to and examples of swarm robotics, a field of study based on the supposition that simple, individual robots can interact and collaborate to form a single artificial organism with more advanced group intelligence.
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Swarm robotics

Swarm robotics is a new approach to the coordination of multirobot systems which consist of large numbers of mostly simple physical robots. It is supposed that a desired collective behavior emerges from the interactions between the robots and interactions of robots with the environment. This approach emerged on the field of artificial swarm intelligence, as well as the biological studies of insects, ants and other fields in nature, where swarm behavior occurs.

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Morphogenesis: Shaping Swarms of Intelligent Robots
An introduction to swarm intelligence, swarm robotics and morphogenesis.
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Robot Swarm
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Micro-Robot Swarm
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Robot swarms 'evolve' effective communication
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Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm
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Swarm tag game
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Swarm-bots finding a path
Open-source micro-robotic project
(currently the largest artificial swarm in the world)
SYMBRION
Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms
funded by European Commissions

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Related:
Swarm robotics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shape-shifting robot forms from magnetic swarm - tech - 29 January 2008 - New Scientist Tech
Symbrion - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms Project Seeks Self-Building Swarms | Scientific Blogging
Swarm robotics work hundreds of robots into one - Hardware - iTnews Australia
swarmrobot.org
symbrion.eu