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Swarm Robotics Breakthrough Brings Pheromone Communication To AI (thestack.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Computer scientists at the University of Lincoln have invented a reliable, low-cost system which replicates in robots the pheromone-based communication behind insect swarms. Using off-the-shelf equipment including an LCD screen and a USB camera, the team has proposed what they call COS-phi, or Communication System via Pheromone. The artificial pheromone trails are traced visually onto the screen. As soon as a bot picks up on the path, it is forced to follow the leader.
No, not exactly. There are some differences between these robots and Millennials.
Unlike Millennials, these robots don't force "tolerance" by any means necessary, including intolerance that far exceeds anything the allegedly "intolerant" person may have engaged in. (See the case of Brendan Eich.)
Likewise, unlike Millennials, these robots aren't totally into the complete and ruthless censorship of anything deemed to be "politically incorrect".
And again, unlike Millennials, these robots don't claim to support a million different social causes, none of which they really care about, just to make it look like they do care.
In summary, these robots tend to be better, more well-rounded, reasonable people than Millennials are.