Flocks

Flocks of assembly robots show potential for making bigger structures

Flocks of assembly robots show potential for making bigger structures

image: MIT researchers have taken significant steps towards creating robots that could practically and economically assemble almost anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to robots bigger. The new system involves large, usable structures built from a collection of tiny, identical subunits called voxels (the volumetric equivalent of a 2D pixel). …

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Physics Study Shows Sheep Flocks Alternate Their Leader and Achieve Collective Intelligence

Physics Study Shows Sheep Flocks Alternate Their Leader and Achieve Collective Intelligence

Credit: Luis Gómez-Nava, Richard Bon and Fernando Peruani. The collective movement of animals in a group is a fascinating research topic for many scientists. Understanding these collective behaviors can sometimes inspire the development of strategies to promote positive social change, as well as technologies that mimic nature. Many studies describe flocking behavior as a self-organizing …

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Physics Study Shows Sheep Flocks Alternate Their Leader and Achieve Collective Intelligence

Physics Study Shows Sheep Flocks Alternate Their Leader and Achieve Collective Intelligence

Credit: Luis Gómez-Nava, Richard Bon and Fernando Peruani. The collective movement of animals in a group is a fascinating research topic for many scientists. Understanding these collective behaviors can sometimes inspire the development of strategies to promote positive social change, as well as technologies that mimic nature. Many studies describe flocking behavior as a self-organizing …

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