Swarm of Robots, Assemble! Harvard Kilobots Shape Up - NBC News
A swarm of autonomous robots is organizing at Harvard University. A new study, published in "Science," describes tiny machines that function like ants in a colony, self-assembling into complicated shapes like the letter "K" or a five-pointed star. Each Kilobot isn't too intelligent on its own. The robots each a little more than an inch long all receive the same general command, then scuttle around on their pin legs sending signals to each other, self-organizing until they are in formation.
A swarm of autonomous robots is organizing at Harvard University. A new study, published in "Science," describes tiny machines that function like ants in a colony, self-assembling into complicated shapes like the letter "K" or a five-pointed star. Each Kilobot isn't too intelligent on its own. The robots each a little more than an inch long all receive the same general command, then scuttle around on their pin legs sending signals to each other, self-organizing until they are in formation.
