{"id":161,"date":"2022-06-17T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/?p=161"},"modified":"2022-06-17T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:54:23","slug":"what-is-swarm-robotics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/technical-articles\/what-is-swarm-robotics\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Swarm Robotics?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Collective behaviors enable animals like ants to achieve remarkable, colony-level feats through the distributed actions of millions of independent agents. These collective behaviors are inspiring engineers to build simple mobile robots that harness the demonstrated power of the swarm, performing collective tasks like transporting large objects or autonomously building human-scale structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kilobots: A Thousand-Robot Swarm\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/103329200?h=2fdb922a58&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/technical-articles\/space-robots-why-them-instead-of-humans\/\">most robots are designed to work by themselves<\/a>, not as part of a team. Researchers from different institutes are developing robotic systems and algorithmic approaches to make artificial swarms of robots that collaboratively work together towards a common goal. In one licensed application of the technology, a collective of 1024 \u201cKilobots\u201d (meaning \u201cone thousand robots\u201d) can be programmed to exhibit complex swarming behaviors, such as foraging and firefly-inspired synchronization, while a user can interact with the swarm as a whole (programming the robots, switching them on and off, etc.), no matter how many robots there are. Kilobot-inspired underwater swarming robots that use a novel vision system to coordinate movement like schools of fish are also being developed. The Kilobot technology has been licensed to K-Team Corporation for research and educational applications as a platform for collective swarm algorithms in hardware rather than merely computer simulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Swarm-Robots.jpg\" alt=\"Swarm Robotics\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Swarm-Robots.jpg 900w, http:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Swarm-Robots-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Swarm-Robots-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond this, a hive \u201coperating system\u201d could let a user program colonies of robots to perform complex tasks in natural environments such as land, air, and sea. Flying microrobots could be instructed to pollinate a field, or \u2014 inspired by mound-building termites \u2014 an autonomous robot construction team could be programmed to build 3D structures and traversable surfaces, to stack sandbags along vulnerable coastlines before a hurricane, or to lay out barriers around toxic chemical spills. Towards these goals, researchers have developed cutting-edge sensor technology, micro-actuators, and robust controllers allowing the robots to adapt quickly to changing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/wyss.harvard.edu\/technology\/programmable-robot-swarms\/\">Wyss Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend you: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dereumlabs.com\/global\/news\/what-is-the-artemis-program\/\">What is the ARTEMIS program?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collective behaviors enable animals like ants to achieve remarkable, colony-level feats through the distributed actions of millions of independent agents. These collective behaviors are inspiring engineers to build simple mobile robots that harness the demonstrated power of the swarm, performing collective tasks like transporting large objects or autonomously building human-scale structures. 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