Re:Watch 1,000 robots in biggest programmable swarm yet
by rboling91 on Friday August 15, 2014 @11:55AM
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"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.
Re:Watch 1,000 robots in biggest programmable swarm yet
by s_dev on Friday August 15, 2014 @10:39AM
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What 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?
Re:Watch 1,000 robots in biggest programmable swarm yet
by AYBABTME on Friday August 15, 2014 @11:05AM
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I 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.
Re:Watch 1,000 robots in biggest programmable swarm yet
by pavel_lishin on Friday August 15, 2014 @09:35AM
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It 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!
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.