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By Oct 27, 2017
Entertainment

Buildings of the future might be constructed by swarms of robots

It's not just possible—it might actually be better.

By Jan 24, 2013
Technology

Video: Harvard’s Tiny Kilobots Are Now Swarming By The Hundreds

When robots are cheap, why not build an army of them?

By Aug 25, 2010
Technology

Autonomous Swarming Robots Can Skim Sea Surface, Collecting Oil As A Team

Swarms of autonomous, solar-powered towel-bots, based on a nanowire mesh, could help those oil-eating microbes clean up the Gulf of...

By Nov 09, 2009
Technology

Spanish Military Tests Swarm Intelligence on Video Game Battlefield

The Spanish army is using ant colony algorithms to plot the best paths through future battlefields