BlueSwarm, swarm of biologically-inspired little underwater explorers, Self-organizing Systems Research Group (SSR Lab Harvard), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Developer - Self-organizing Systems Research Group (SSR Lab Harvard) (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=5396)

ssr.seas.harvard.edu/blueswarm (https://ssr.seas.harvard.edu/blueswarm)

Playlist "BlueSwarm (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5un2Fe_yAiYdaIzqtSwfymygPMVxKAmH)"

George Lauder (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=23153)

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https://youtu.be/1pflbeDRkUs

Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish

Jan 13, 2021


A team of researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering have developed fish-inspired robots that can synchronize their movements like a real school of fish, without any external control. It is the first time researchers have demonstrated complex 3D collective behaviors with implicit coordination in underwater robots.

Article "Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm (https://robotics.sciencemag.org/content/6/50/eabd8668)"

by Florian Berlinger, Melvin Gauci, Radhika Nagpal
Science Robotics
January 13, 2021

Article "Robotic swarm swims like a school of fish (https://robohub.org/robotic-swarm-swims-like-a-school-of-fish)"

by Wyss Institute
February 1, 2021

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https://youtu.be/bcVa0PcIl_o

BlueSwarm: Overview Video (Science Robotics 2021)

Jan 14, 2021


Blueswarm is a collective of fish-inspired miniature underwater robots
that can achieve a wide variety of 3D collective behaviors -
synchrony, aggregation/dispersion, milling, search - using only
implicit communication mediated through the production and sensing of
blue light. We envision this platform for investigating collective AI,
underwater coordination, and fish-inspired locomotion and sensing.

For more information, see our publication:

Florian Berlinger, Melvin Gauci, Radhika Nagpal. 2020. “Implicit coordination for 3D underwater collective behaviors in a fish-inspired robot swarm.” Science Robotics, Jan 2021.
(Supplemental Movie 1)

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https://youtu.be/ufuE0ey3ffU

BlueBot swims with fishes!

Feb 16, 2021


Bluebot swims with a Bluegill Sunfish and a school of Rainbow trout, in George Lauder (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=23153)'s Lab. Video by Florian Berlinger with the Lauder Lab.