The Kilobots are coming. Computer scientists and engineers have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or even thousands, of tiny robots.

Computer scientists and engineers at Harvard University have developed and licensed technology that will make it easy to test collective algorithms on hundreds, or even thousands, of tiny robots.

Inspired by the collective activity of the natural world (and apparently undeterred by every science fiction film, ever), Harvard researchers have created the world's largest army of robots, called ...

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A team of researchers from the Harvard University recently unveiled a pilot project that studies the possibilities of autonomous robots that arrange themselves into vast, complex shapes. The ...

Do you think that you'll never be able to afford a robot of your own that isn't a toy? Well, if you can get Swiss robot-maker K-Team Corporation to sell you one, chances are you can easily afford a ...

Harvard researchers have designed a swarm of small, mobile robots which are able to organize themselves into large shapes from random starting points with minimal initial human assistance. Dubbed ...