Scientists have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg insects that prevents them from becoming stuck while navigating challenging terrain. Published in Nature Communications ...

“A swarm is a complicated thing,” said MacCready, Apium’s founder and chief executive. “What we do as a swarm robotics company is make that job (of drone control) simple.” ...

The work offers a new system to control swarms of 300 3-millimeter microbristle robots’ (microbots) ability to aggregate and disperse controllably without onboard sensing.

Despite their potential, microrobots' size often means they have limited sensing, communication, motility, and computation abilities, but new research enhances their ability to collaborate efficiently ...

The Swedish Army and Saab develops and deploys an AI drone swarm in less than 12 months.

On dry land, a robot swarm managed to transport cargo 350 times heavier than each individual, while another microrobot swarm was able to unclog tubes that resembled blocked blood vessels. Finally ...

More information: Magnetic Swarm Intelligence of Mass-Produced Programmable Microrobot Assemblies for Versatile Task Execution, Device (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.device.2024.100626. www.cell.com ...