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Robot Swarm Shifts Heavy Objects

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the robo-movers-sound-great dept.

holy_calamity writes "A swarm of robots has been demonstrated that can get together to transport an object too heavy for a single bot. Each robot is loaded with the same simple set of behaviors but more complex intelligence emerges from a group interacting. Two videos show the robots in action, and using a more complex behavior necessary when they're set to short sighted mode and can't see the target location from the starting point."

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  1. Swarm attacks web server... by Namlak · · Score: 0, Redundant

    A swarm of /. users has been demonstrated that can get together to transport a web server into the afterlife...

  2. Moo by Chacham · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Slashdot user submits a story for uber First Post.

    Slashdot Editor posts the story to add some inane dept line.

    Millions of drones slashdot the website.

    I don't even think that's consider artificial intellegence.

    Slashdot intellegence maybe?

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