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A historical milestone in swarming robots, this is #24 of the 100 autonomous robots scurrying about the halls of SRI to survey and build a distributed map, and track intruders. They operated without centralized communication or control.

Seen at SRI this morning, as well as the new robots using electroadhesion to climb walls.

5 responses to “SRI Centibot”

  1. OriginalGunner Avatar
    OriginalGunner

    The power is that they share each other’s learning instantly. Something Humans can never do.

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  2. AH in Pgh Avatar
    AH in Pgh

    electroadhesion? sounds like fun!

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  3. TomiTapio Avatar
    TomiTapio

    Looks friendly enough.

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  4. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    they always do…. until they turn on you…

    Oh, I remembered that iRobot did a musical swarm about a year after this one:
    robo swarm

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  5. kcnickerson Avatar
    kcnickerson

    I’d only worry if after a long weekend, a quick count shows 200 scurrying about and looking saucy.

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