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Swarm Robot Immune System?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the better-stronger-faster dept.

schliz writes "Researchers are investigating large swarms of up to 10,000 miniature robots which can work together to form a single, artificial life form. A resulting artificial immune system is expected to be able to detect faults and make recommendations to a high-level control system about corrective action — much like how a person's natural immune system is able to cope with unfamiliar pathogens."

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  1. Re:Don't they know they are unstoppable? by CRCulver · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Crichton's Prey , that's a prominent recent example of evil nanobots.

  2. I bet they run... by YutakaFrog · · Score: 2, Informative

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