Friday, May 20, 2005

Robot Swarm

A scientist at MIT is attempting to develop robots which will be able to work together and make cooperative decisions. The robot "swarm" would then be much more effective than a similar team of robots working individually.

One of the proposed uses for the robots, asides from the military, is for border security. It sure could use some help.

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