Swarm Robotics, or: the smartness of 'a bunch of cheap dumb things'

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Swarm Robotics, or: the smartness of 'a bunch of cheap dumb things'. / Vehlken, Sebastian.
In: Spool, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2017, p. 17-25.

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title = "Swarm Robotics, or: the smartness of 'a bunch of cheap dumb things'",
abstract = "Not only recent Science Fiction – e.g., Star Trek Beyond (USA 2016) – celebrates the capacities of robot collectives. Also RoboCup, an annual robot soccer competition, or Harvard University{\textquoteright}s Kilobot Project show stunning examples of the central idea behind Swarm Robotics: »[U]sing swarms is the same as getting a bunch of small cheap dumb things to do the same job as an expensive smart thing« (Beni/Wang 1989). This article examines some crucial aspects of the techno-history of a research field which intertwines engineering and biological knowledge and whose applications deal with compelling questions about synchronization and self-organization in changing environments – on the ground, in the air, and under water.",
keywords = "Media and communication studies, swarm robotic, swarm intelligence (SI), agent-based modeling (ABM), architectural design, Digital media",
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