Airicist
29th January 2015, 01:34
brl.ac.uk/research/researchthemes/swarmrobotics/symbrion.aspx (http://www.brl.ac.uk/research/researchthemes/swarmrobotics/symbrion.aspx)
Symbrion (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbrion) on Wikipedia
Airicist
29th January 2015, 01:36
https://youtu.be/SkvpEfAPXn4
Robots with a mind of their own
Uploaded on Mar 13, 2008
Scientists are now building a new kind of robot capable of self-assembly and doing tasks too difficult or too dangerous for human beings.
"UWE investigates evolving 'swarm' robots (https://info.uwe.ac.uk/news/uwenews/news.aspx?id=1231)"
March 13, 2008
Airicist
7th August 2015, 11:04
https://youtu.be/VRPsGDZtksY
Symbrion robots overview (February 2013)
Published on Feb 1, 2013
An overview of some of the work carried out within the SYMBRION project by members of the Intelligent Systems Group at the University of York, and the Bristol Robotics Laboratory at the University of the West of England.
This video shows demonstrations of self-assembly, macrolocomotion, self-repair and self-reconfiguration using the robotic platform from the SYMBRION and REPLICATOR projects.
Lachlan Murray, Wenguo Liu, Jon Timmis, Alan Winfield and Andy Tyrrell, 2013