Swarmanoid is a heterogeneous robot swarm in which different groups of robots have different capabilities: some robots are specialized in manipulating objects and climbing, some in moving on the ground and transporting objects, and some in flying and observing the environment from above. This video presents the Swarmanoid project, a 4 year research project coordinated by Marco Dorigo and funded by the Commission of the European Union.
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fascinating stuff seemed to make a few assumptions about their environment to make it all work but still very interesting approach building lots of small relatively simple bots instead of one all singing all dancing model
I for one welcome our new Swarmanoid overlords