Swarm robotics: Hop, jump and stick (w/ Video)
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - 05:07
in Mathematics & Economics
A swarm of flying robots soars into a blazing forest fire. With insect-like precision and agility, the machines land on tree trunks and bound over rough terrain before deploying crucial sensors and tools to track the inferno and its effects. This is a scenario that Mirko Kovac, from EPFL`s Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (Switzerland), thinks may not be so far off.