Cooperation

Robots are great at many things, but working together in an unfamiliar setting isn't one of them – until now, that is. A team of researchers from MIT has developed an algorithm that streamlines the way robots collaborate on construction tasks, significantly cutting down planning time.

Harvard University has licensed the technology for its tiny Kilobots, enabling other groups and institutions to purchase them for research purposes.

The Swarmanoid project uses a variety of cooperating miniature robots to locate and retrieve a book.

Kilobots are tiny autonomous swarming robots, that cost about $14 a piece to build.

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