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SwarmOS Demonstrated at Idea Festival

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the welcoming-various-overlords dept.

PacoCheezdom writes "Intelligent Life has short summary of a demonstration by MIT professor James McLurkin of his new group-minded robots, which run an operating system called 'Swarm OS'. The robots are able to work together as a group not by communicating with all members of the group at once, but by talking only to their neighbors, and model other similar behaviors performed by bees and ants. "

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  1. Obligatory (I still can't believe I'm doing this) by arsheive · · Score: 5, Funny

    I, for one, welcome the new swarming overlords nearest to me, so that they might welcome the rest.

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  2. SwarmOS In Real World Business by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Robot-1: I heard from Robot-2 that Robot-3 got promoted because she slept with the boss after the Christmas party last year.

    Robot-4: I knew something was going on. Robot-3 doesn't even have opposing digits, how can she be qualified for the ball in bucket tests?

  3. Awesome.... by that+IT+girl · · Score: 3, Funny

    With all the advancements and buzz about smarter-than-man AI, and now they're excited about robots as smart as BEES AND ANTS.

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  4. Resistance is futile... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Intelligent Life has short summary of a demonstration by MIT professor James McLurkin of his new group-minded robots, which run an operating system called 'Swarm OS'.

    Professor James McLurkin now goes by the designation "1 of 12".

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  5. SlashSwarm by UltraAyla · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one welcome the new swarming overlords nearest...oh - I've just received word from the swarm that someone already posted this. Ok how about:

    In Soviet Russia, bots swarm...oh - that too? Ok, how about just a simple "Profit?"

    I think this swarm thing will take some getting used to

  6. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: 4, Funny

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  7. Re:Obligatory (I still can't believe I'm doing thi by Matteo522 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm sitting idly waiting for my parent post to welcome me so that I can pass it on to my children posts.

  8. Re:wha? by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know I already replied, but I was just reminded of a quote. I forget whether it was Babbage or von Neumann or whoever, but he had just finished giving a talk about the computer. During the question and answer period a woman raises her hand to ask, "That's all very nice, but of what use is it?" To which he replies, "Madame, of what use is a newborn child?"

    I'd be glad if someone could tell me who said this or if it's apocryphal or whatever. I looked on google a bit with no luck.

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