Comments on: Swarm Robotics: Beware The Swarm (videos)

By: Multitouch Control Screen Turns Swarm Robotics Into a Game of StarCraft (video) | Singularity Hub

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:54:26 +0000

[...] Swarm robots come in a huge variety of shapes, sizes, and capabilities, but they generally follow one strategy: many hands make light work. Bots are used together to divide and conquer a problem, overcoming challenges with a large number of workers. Many of the swarms we’ve seen are autonomous. In critical missions, however, robot AI may not yet be sufficient to find a solution to a problem. That’s why human guidance is still very important. Micire’s touchscreen program gives the operator various levels of control. This would allow humans to adjust their involvement as the case warrants. If robot autonomy can handle a situation, commands could simply instruct bots in a general way – go there, look for human bodies, report back. The system also allows for more direct commands – follow this route, etc. When direct human control is needed, operators can manually drive bots using the DREAM interface (Dynamically Resizing Ergonomic And Multitouch), as you can see at 2:23 in the video below. [...]

By: MIT’s Flyfire – Miniature Helicopters Turn Sky into Digital Screen (video) | Singularity Hub

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:08:50 +0000

[...] Swarm robots are really coming into their own. They’re set to explore the ocean, play football, even cooperate or trick each other to get resources. The MIT Flyfire project is the most visually grabbing of the group. A collaboration between the Senseable City Lab, and the ARES Lab, Flyfire could reshape the way we think of public displays. Yet, relatively speaking, the Flyfire copters are fairly large for swarm robots. I wonder what will happen as miniaturization and improved energy efficiency provide for smaller and brighter smart pixels. Could we have true 3D displays that move around and interact with us? If you can project a moving face onto Flyfire, could you use it for telepresence? I would love to interact with friends as a giant swarm of glowing helicopters. Wouldn’t you? It may be too early to know how successful the Flyfire project will be (a handful of bots is far from a swarm). I hope it will be one of the endeavors which take the physical world and allow it to “wake up” by filling it with digital information and displays. The future is going to look amazing. [...]

By: Nextage Robot – Kawada’s Humanoid Helper | Singularity Hub

Nextage Robot – Kawada’s Humanoid Helper | Singularity Hub — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:48:15 +0000

[...] the International Robot Exhibition this year reflects the growing focus on humanoid robots. While swarm, modular, industrial, and animal mimicking robots all have distinct advantages over the human form, [...]

By: Swarm Bots Evolve Communications Skills and Deceit (Video) | Singularity Hub

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:18 +0000

[...] these swarm robots haven’t received much press recently, with no papers published since 2007 (though we did mention them in an earlier post). Still, what EPFL accomplished with the S-bots is certainly impressive. The creation of [...]

By: Swarm of Underwater Drones To Help Explore Ocean | Singularity Hub

Swarm of Underwater Drones To Help Explore Ocean | Singularity Hub — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:41:38 +0000

[...] the AUEs aren’t exactly articulated machines, they have many of the features and benefits of swarm robotics. As with many swarm robots, their strength is in numbers, and communication between individual [...]

By: The Rise of the Modular Robot: A Review in Videos | Singularity Hub

The Rise of the Modular Robot: A Review in Videos | Singularity Hub — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:55:58 +0000

[...] of building a robot from modules allows robotic engineers to combine transformers, biorobotics and swarm robotics in one unit. Here we see the true advantage of modular robots: they can change to fit the task. The [...]

By: Robotics Resource » I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running

Robotics Resource » I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:39:35 +0000

[...] by mimicking humans, there’s a whole set of robotics dedicated to imitating ants and bees. We’ve seen some of these swarm-bots before, but none of them have the microscopic success of I-Swarm. A multinational project of the EC, [...]

By: I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running | Singularity Hub

I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running | Singularity Hub — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:05:43 +0000

By: RickM

RickM — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:11:10 +0000

The funny thing about Moore’s law is that it gives us super computers from 6 years ago every single year.

By: RickM

RickM — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:11:00 +0000

The funny thing about Moore’s law is that it gives us super computers from 6 years ago every single year.

By: links for 2009-06-05 « Blarney Fellow

links for 2009-06-05 « Blarney Fellow — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:05:55 +0000

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By: Raelifin

Raelifin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:31:44 +0000

I think that swarm robotics will stay a pipe dream until
1. Moore’s law/whatever allows for cheap micro-supercomputers
2. And neural (brain-like) computing is reasonably fleshed out.

As long as we’re speculating, I wouldn’t put bets on useful swarmbots even showing up before hard AI.

By: Raelifin

Raelifin — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:31:00 +0000

I think that swarm robotics will stay a pipe dream until
1. Moore’s law/whatever allows for cheap micro-supercomputers
2. And neural (brain-like) computing is reasonably fleshed out.

As long as we’re speculating, I wouldn’t put bets on useful swarmbots even showing up before hard AI.