National Geographic POD: Swarm-Bots
Writing by Evan Ackerman on Friday, 1 of February , 2008 at 5:39 am
The National Geographic Photo of the Day is a website I check every evening; since they’re National Geographic, they’ve always got something worth looking at. Usually, it’s a photo that was shot for an article, but not included due to lack of space in the magazine. Today’s photo is of none other than a group of Swarm-Bots, which we wrote about last year. Here’s the caption:
A team of “swarm-bots” negotiates challenging terrain outside a laboratory in Brussels, Belgium. A red color ring tells others, “Grab me;” blue means “stay away.” Scientists study ant colonies, bird flocks, mammal herds, and fish schools to understand the simple genius of such animal swarms. Robots that mimic this complex group behavior could prove useful in a number of human applications.
Click on through for a desktop wallpaper sized image of the cute little bots.
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