Mapping the edge of the unknown
The physics of the robotic huddle
Swarms with different jobs
Swarms in the wild
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Master of The secret language of robotic swarms
007skaty Heterogeneous Robot Swarms
A drone tracks the team from above while ground wheels map the frontier
007skaty Developed at Harvard in 2014, 1,024 tiny Kilobots use vibrating motors and light sensors to self-assemble into complex
007skaty Deploy tiny job bots to discover how robot swarms work together to solve big problems.
Tiny but mighty: A swarm of 1,024 Harvard Kilobots can self-assemble into a starfish shape in about twelve hours using only vibrations.
007skaty Self-healing robotic networks automatically adapt when individual machines fail.
Which university developed the tiny, low-cost 'Kilobots' that move using vibrating motors?
In 2026 research, what did 'controlled forgetting' do to help robots map dynamic environments?