They have developed and tested an algorithm for a decentralized swarm of robots which lets them reliably, safely, and efficiently converge to form a predetermined shape in under a minute.

The next experiment from Rice University's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. Researchers are refining their control algorithms for robotic swarms based upon data ...

Alone, the simple little robot can't do much, shuffling around on three vibrating tooth-pick legs. But working with 1,000 or more like-minded fellow bots, it becomes part of a swarm that can self ...

The next experiment from Rice University's Multi-Robot Systems Laboratory (MRSL) could happen on your desktop. MRSL researchers are refining their control algorithms for robotic swarms based upon ...

A team has created new algorithms that aim to strike a balance between the two extremes, allowing robots to move in a swarm safely and efficiently.

These robots are part of a Graduate project at Georgia Tech. [Ted Macdonald] has been working along with others to implement an organizational algorithm that guides the swarm.

Swarms of drones flying in terrifyingly perfect formation could be one step closer, thanks to a control algorithm being developed at MIT.