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 [Gadgetopia] iRobot: The goal of the project is to develop distributed algorithms for robotic swarms composed of hundreds of individual robots. Programs for individual robots need to be robust to complex real-world environments, and the group software needs to be tolerant to the addition or failure of any number of individuals. Our algorithms are designed to be completely scaleable, and to function with groups of 10 or groups of 10,000. Our development platform is the world's largest swarm, with over one hundred individual robots.

[Engadget - www.engadget.com] iRobot SwarmBot: it’s not just about floors anymore >: SwarmBot has been designed to use distributed algorithms that enable concerted action whether in a group of 10 or 10,000 other bots. Each SwarmBot has a suite of sensors, 32-bit microprocessor, and an infrared system to provide obstacle detection, inter-robot localization and communication. All of the above is packed into a wee 5-inch cube that fits in the palm of your hand — if you can catch one, that is. Sure, iRobot says the SwarmOS is only being used in these bots, but we all know what happens when the family goes on vacation — Roomba swarm party!

[MacDad] Resistance is Futile!: iRobot - Robots for the Real World : Product Detail: "The iRobot Swarm project represents the state of the art in algorithms, hardware, and user interfaces for large swarms of autonomous robots. The goal of the project is to develop distributed algorithms for robotic swarms composed of hundreds of individual robots. Programs for individual robots need to be robust to complex real-world environments, and the group software needs to be tolerant to the addition or failure of any number of individuals. Our algorithms are designed to be completely scaleable, and to function with groups of 10 or groups of 10,000.

[๑۩۞۩๑一个人的精彩Clarky's Crib ๑۩۞۩๑] The robot army that thinks for itself: Soon teams of up to 40 robots could be employed as border security guards and outside airports. Frontline Robotics in Ottawa, Canada, has installed collaborative software on its vacuum cleaner-sized PC-bots and its much larger vehicle-sized "Grunts", which it plans to put to work patrolling a runway at Ottawa airport. The firm has also sold Grunts to a South Korean company called DoDaam Systems, which is hoping to win a contract from the South Korean government to patrol its border with North Korea.

[FPI 2005] iRobot - Swarm: The iRobot Swarm project represents the state of the art in algorithms, hardware, and user interfaces for large swarms of autonomous robots. The goal of the project is to develop distributed algorithms for robotic swarms composed of hundreds of individual robots. Programs for individual robots need to be robust to complex real-world environments, and the group software needs to be tolerant to the addition or failure of any number of individuals. Our algorithms are designed to be completely scaleable, and to function with groups of 10 or groups of 10,000.

[Andymatic - Chicago blogger, Gay podcast, liberal blog] iRobot Swarms: Just saw this on CNN, a report on robots in warfare. They highlighted small robots that move in swarms, allowing one operator to control dozens of machines. Swarm from G & I Robotics

[Robots.engadget.com] Robots - robots.engadget.com: A couple developing small swarming robots at the University of Wyoming has received a $100,000 grant to continue their work. The robots are  being designed to perform tasks like helping to clean up oil spills or respond to a terrorist attack. One of the researchers, Diana Spears, said that “Somebody from the National Science Foundation came out here and said we had the best robotics work he’d ever seen.” The robots are apparently unique in a number of ways, including being programmed using theories based on fluid dynamics, as well a theory developed by Diana Spears’ husband, William, that determines how the robots travel in formation. The couple hopes to have an operational system ready in about a year.

[Robots.engadget.com] Interview: Helen Greiner, Chairman and Cofounder of iRobot, Corp ...: Colin, Rod and I founded iRobot out of MIT after Colin and I graduated (in 1990).  The vision has always been to make robots that touch people’s lives everyday and create a robotics industry.   The plan has evolved over time by creating business model around the state of technology, the state of capitalization, and the state of manufacturing capability that existed.  We have built robots that go deep into the bore of oil wells, toys that were marketed by Hasbro, museum displays, a prototype planetary explorer, a legged robot for underwater mines, a robotic fish, a swarm of 100 robots, and a robot that explored shafts in the great pyramid.  

[Bigblog.com] Robotics @ Big Blog: The "robots" meta tag, when used properly, will tell the search engine spiders whether or not to index and follow a particular page. For the purposes of this article, we will be using the "( )" symbols to represent the "< >" in html coding.

[Singularity.manilasites.com] Singularity : Robotics News Feed: TheChristian Science Monitor reports on a variety of miltary swarmingand flocking technologies that are in the works including North Koreansurveillance robots, an iRobot swarm of 100 test robots, a US Armyinitiative for networked ground and aerial robots, and Frontline'ssecurity robots. The article also talks a little about larger scaleswarming involving thousands of robots. Want more swarm news? A vnunet.comstory covers the Gridswarmand Ultraswarm projects which will use tiny flying robots runningLinux to form an airborne computer network.

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