One robot is fine, but it's well known that a swarm is always better. Robotics researchers at the University of Sheffield have developed a swarm of hockey puck-like robots that can self-organise and work together to transport large objects.
The research is aimed at discovering the minimum amount of information that an individual robot in a swarm requires. Such research could be hugely beneficial for nanoscale robots where memory and processing power would be at a premium.
By: Kadhim Shubber, Edited by: Liat Clark
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-04/1/cooperative-robot-swarm
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