Swarming Robot Pop-Sci Article

When 'I Robot' becomes 'We Robot'

The Christian Science Monitor has tripped over the concept of swarming robots, and does a pretty good job of discussing them in this pop-sci article. It goes over the possible uses of swarms (military usage, massive coordinated searches, multiple robots coordinating activity), and talks briefly about swarming's animal behavior roots. Yeah, it's a slow day.

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