Tag: swarm
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UAE scientists figure out way to get swarm robots to split up tasks efficiently
Researchers at the Technology Innovation Institute in the UAE are developing a new paradigm for teaching robot swarms how to allocate themselves to tasks efficiently. The ideas – published in the paper, Group-Size Regulation in Self-organized Aggregation in Robot Swarms – could spark interest in better ways of controlling lots of simple robots to do more…
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NASA awards Geisel Software and Arizona State University swarm robotics contract
Geisel Software, a Massachusetts-based custom software development firm, and Arizona State University are pleased to announce they have been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Phase I will focus on identifying and developing intent estimation and intent-expressive motion planning technologies that enable cooperative operation of low-cardinality…
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SafeLog launches warehouse robots that can operate individually or in a ‘swarm’
SafeLog has launched warehouse robots that can operate individually or in a “swarm”, and says it offers customised automated guided vehicle solutions that have no need for a control station connection. The company adds that the latest model of the SafeLog AGV L1 lifts loads of up to 1500 kg. At present, many processes and…
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Global service robots market forecast to reach $110 billion by 2027
The global professional service robots market is expected to be valued at $109.91 billion by the end of 2027, growing at an annual rate of 24.5 percent from 2020 to 2027, as highlighted in a report published by Coherent Market Insights. Rising funding for research and development in robotics is expected to drive growth of…
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Agilox applies artificial swarm intelligence to its warehouse robots and makes ‘substantial’ cost savings
Agilox says its autonomous mobile robots are “substantially saving costs” by applying artificial swarm intelligence. Swarm Intelligence and bio-inspired computing have attracted great interest in almost every area of science and engineering, including robotics, over the last two decades. Being an innovative manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots, Agilox directs most of its effort into developing…
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Swarm Theory: Lessons from nature in the advancement of robotics
By Rhys Davies, product manager at Canonical, publisher of the Ubuntu open source operating system As part of a recent entry to Science Robotics, experts argued that “Covid-19 could be a catalyst for developing robotic systems that can be rapidly deployed with remote access […] to front lines”. It is often in times of great…
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Tiny swarm robots could become first responders after earthquakes
It seems obvious now that in the event of an earthquake, tiny, swarm robots would be the most effective way of locating survivors in huge piles of rubble through which human emergency workers and first responders cannot make their way or even see. So obvious that you wonder why they haven’t been developed and even…