News tagged with swarm robotics
Flying robots swoop and swarm as a team
Tech-savvy TED-goers watched in wonder as flying robots darted through tossed hoops, worked together in swarms and even formed a band to play trademark "James Bond" film theme music.
Mar 03, 2012 |
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All for one, 'R-one' for all (w/ video)
Robots for everyone. That's James McLurkin's dream, and as the director of a Rice University robotics lab, he's creating an inexpensive and sophisticated robot called the "R-one" to make the dream a reality.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Kilobots bring us one step closer to a robot swarm
(PhysOrg.com) -- When you think about robots, the odds are that you think about something that is fairly large. Maybe you picture a robot arms bolted to the floor of a factory or if you are feeling particularly ...
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Honey bee search strategy: Robot swarms to search Mars caves
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent paper published in Acta Astronautica, Aron Kisdi, a University of Southampton engineer, proposes an idea of utilizing a swarm of robots to search large areas of Mars and the ca ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 22, 2011 |
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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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Synchronized flying robots could paint pictures in the sky (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new MIT project called Flyfire, tiny robotic helicopters with LEDs can act as flying pixels, moving together to create transient images in three-dimensional space. If it sounds like something ...
Feb 21, 2010 |
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