News tagged with swarm intelligence
Swarming and transporting
On its own, an ant is not particularly clever. But in a community, the insects can solve complicated tasks. Researchers intend to put this 'swarm intelligence' to use in the logistics field. Lots of autonomous ...
Mar 23, 2012 |
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Swarm robotics: Hop, jump and stick (w/ Video)
A swarm of flying robots soars into a blazing forest fire. With insect-like precision and agility, the machines land on tree trunks and bound over rough terrain before deploying crucial sensors and tools to track the inferno ...
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Ants vs. worms: New computer security mimics nature
In the never-ending battle to protect computer networks from intruders, security experts are deploying a new defense modeled after one of nature's hardiest creatures -- the ant.
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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Flying 3-D eye-bots
Like a well-rehearsed formation team, a flock of flying robots rises slowly into the air with a loud buzzing noise. A good two dozen in number, they perform an intricate dance in the sky above the seething ...
May 03, 2012 |
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The robot revolution is just beginning
When industrial robots were first introduced in the early 1960s — initially on automobile assembly lines — computers were still in their infancy, so the robots were designed to perform only the most ...
Apr 25, 2012 |
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Smart swarms of bacteria inspire robotics researchers
Much to humans' chagrin, bacteria have superior survival skills. Their decision-making processes and collective behaviors allow them to thrive and even spread efficiently in difficult environments.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook
(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.
Nov 04, 2011 |
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Meka's robot head makes eyes at next-wave users (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- You've seen robots in the form of alpha dogs and insect swarms capable of military deployments but the next wave of robotics also includes a special breed of "sociable" robots for use in medicine, eldercare, and education. These are ...
Oct 14, 2011 |
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Can MRI drive a medical robot?
Engineers at Children’s Hospital Boston have demonstrated the ability to program the magnetic field generated by a clinical MRI scanner to motorize and control a robotic instrument – in this case, a surgical biopsy ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Flocking robots take to the sky (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- The next time you look up in the sky and think you are seeing a flock of geese flying south for the winter, take a closer look. If you are in Lake Geneva, Switzerland, these flocks may actually ...
Sep 27, 2011 |
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More than meets the eyeBug
When you think of robots, you probably think of Arnold Schwarzenegger walking round with part of his metal skull exposed in the Terminator films, or C3PO being the model of politeness in Star Wars. The field ...
Sep 23, 2011 |
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AI's Emmy award goes to Swarmanoid robot book heist
(PhysOrg.com) -- Robots removing a book off a shelf? Hardly what you would consider worthy of a video award. Not unless you’re talking about a special platoon of robots known as a swarmanoid. Their book ...
Aug 16, 2011 |
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Europe looks into helicopter commuting
A European research program is studying the feasibility of a new kind of individual transport that avoids traffic jams by taking to the skies. Two laboratories at EPFL participate in this project.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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