SwarmOS Demonstrated at Idea Festival

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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Obligatory (I still can't believe I'm doing this)

[arsheive]

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

SwarmOS In Real World Business

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

Resistance is futile...

[fahrbot-bot]

"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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Re:wha?

[Hatta]

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.