It’s a swarm… of robots?!
The rather cute TERMES robots doing their thing. Photo credit goes to Eliza Grinnell, Harvard SEAS
You’ve seen a swarm of bees, you’ve seen a swarm of ants. But now, a research group at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have introduced us to a new kind of swarm, a swarm of robots.
The idea stems from, of all things, termites.
Normally, when you have any sort of large scale building operation, like a home for example, you have someone in charge telling each individual what to do. There are specialized functions for each person, a electrician, a carpenter, etc and if one of them walks out on the project, the project is stalled until they are replaced.
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