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Watch 1,000 robots in biggest programmable swarm yet
- rboling91 12y ago"But with an algorithm that allows them to assemble in parallel, then they can shape up faster"-Could a variation of the Paxos algorithm accomplish this? It sounds like the task of achieving agreement among several robots without a centralized leader is analogous to the decentralized parliament described in Lamport's Paxos paper.
- mu_killnine 12y agoTo me, this is equal parts amazing, beautiful, and scary.
- thisjepisje 12y agoBring on the grey goo!
- mhofer 12y agowhy dont't the robots move at the same time? would be much quicker
- pavel_lishin 12y agoIt seems like they need to follow the exterior path of the current 'blob' as well as the destination shape as it's being formed. If they all moved at once, it'd be pandemonium!
- wehadfun 12y agoPrevious discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8178978 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8178978
- s_dev 12y agoWhat are the intended applications of such a swarm? Would this apply to parking driverless cars, does it apply to avoiding drone collision crashes midair at drone airports, does it have an application at a cellular level i.e. blood clotting big wounds? Sorry my imagination is on the fritz today.
- AYBABTME 12y agoI think it's more about the algorithm and the proof of concept than those robots and that swarm having any application. It's a step forward in the domain, not necessarily a finality.
- rch 12y agoAny details on the sensors and radios these things are using?