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I-Swarm Micro Robots are Up and Running
- Tichy 17y agoHow does it move?
- speek 17y agoI think the sound it emits makes it vibrate in the "right" direction.
- beambot 17y agoIt uses piezo actuators as the "legs", operating them at different phases to move in different directions. This was explained on the YC submission a few days ago: http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/29/i-swarm-micro-robots-realized-impressive-full-system-integration http://www.hizook.com/blog/2009/08/29/i-swarm-micro-robots-r... http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=795396 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=795396
- coconutrandom 17y agoa magnet under the table. ^_^ kidding
- NathanKP 17y agoThe article talks about how they plan to use the optical sensor for programming and so that bursts of light could control or reprogram an entire swarm. Here is the key: "Unless the swarm goes all killer-bee and turns on its creators. Just in case, I’m learning how to use a flashlight to say, “ctrl-alt-del.”" Might be a good thing to keep in mind!