Comments on: The s-bots Swarm-Bots. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: munky http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/comment-page-1/#comment-163799 munky Tue, 24 Jul 2007 21:06:20 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/#comment-163799 Can anyone say 'replicators'..? Meh, I watch too much Stargate. Can anyone say ‘replicators’..?

Meh, I watch too much Stargate.

]]> By: Eric http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/comment-page-1/#comment-163760 Eric Tue, 24 Jul 2007 19:18:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/#comment-163760 Swarmbotics is pretty big these days, and one of the neat er asepcts of it is the "modular robotics" bit. I saw a guy from Georgia Tech who demo such a system that was composed of large #s of smaller robots. It was smart enough to recognize when bits of itself were failing, eject them, and rebuild itself to continue. It could also figure out how to change its shape, and say change from a snake-like configuration into a legged one. Think of the T-1000 from the Terminator series, except really really primitive. Swarmbotics is pretty big these days, and one of the neat er asepcts of it is the “modular robotics” bit. I saw a guy from Georgia Tech who demo such a system that was composed of large #s of smaller robots. It was smart enough to recognize when bits of itself were failing, eject them, and rebuild itself to continue. It could also figure out how to change its shape, and say change from a snake-like configuration into a legged one. Think of the T-1000 from the Terminator series, except really really primitive.

]]> By: when's lunch? http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/comment-page-1/#comment-163669 when's lunch? Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:42:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/#comment-163669 just like IROBOT! just like IROBOT!

]]> By: travelina http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/comment-page-1/#comment-163636 travelina Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:48:05 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/24/the-s-bots-swarm-bots/#comment-163636 Cool article on swarm behavior at National Geographic: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature5/ Cool article on swarm behavior at National Geographic: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0707/feature5/

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