My first article for PopSci.com, about Microbots, the possible future of robotics. The researchers developed a way to quickly make tiny, cheap, mass-produced robots. Individually they’re simple, but if each one can communicate and collect data, together they might be able to mimic certain insects like ants, and exhibit ‘swarm intelligence’. Kind of like Michael Crichton’s ‘Prey’…Follow the title link to the article for more details.
For more information on microbots and I-swarm, you can check out the researchers’ website, and view some cool videos of the microbots moving at Hizook.
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