Swarm of tiny drones explores unknown environments This work, presented in Science Robotics on 23 October, forms a significant step in the field of swarm robotics. The challenge comes from t... Read more
Think of it as mathematics with a bite: Researchers at CU Boulder have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts... Read more
FIBERBOTS is a digital fabrication platform fusing cooperative robotic manufacturing with abilities to generate highly sophisticated material architectures. The platform can enable design an... Read more
The ability to correctly order tasks is a skill that robots must possess in order to carry out complex missions. Researchers at ULB’s IRIDIA laboratory have shown, for the first time,... Read more
Scripps researchers collaborate on new technology study using “robotic plankton” Underwater robots developed by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of Califo... Read more
Eliseo Ferrante and colleagues evolved complex robot behaviors using artificial evolution and detailed robotics simulations. Darwinian selection can be used to evolve robot controllers able... Read more
Scientists have created underwater robot swarms that function like schools of fish, exchanging information to monitor the environment, searching, maintaining, exploring and harvesting resour... Read more
Using a smart tablet and a red beam of light, Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a system that allows people to control a fleet of robots with the swipe of a finger. A... Read more
The approach could be put to use in the future in service of astronauts making the journey to Mars Months of lab work has led to this chilly day – by Florida standards – with four small, whe... Read more
To meet our everyday needs in an increasingly multifaceted technological world is a challenge that pushes researchers to find innovative tools using a multidisciplinary approach. We inhabit... Read more
A small band of NASA engineers and interns is about to begin testing a group of robots and related software that will show whether it’s possible for autonomous machines to scurry about... Read more
The Minibuilders could take on tall tasks, including automating another frontier of human labor: the construction industry. Even though most buildings are designed using the latest digital t... Read more
While the robots imagined in science fiction novels have often looked like humans, today’s robotic armies are emerging in all shapes and sizes. Take the little army of bots made by SRI Inter... Read more
