colorado.edu/crowdfunding/?cfpage=project&project_id=10341
Nikolaus Correll
https://youtu.be/qEtpwljR5mY
Swarm Robotics at CU-Boulder
Published on Dec 13, 2012
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing a swarm of intelligent robots that can work together to perform tasks, like containing an oil spill or building a space station.
https://youtu.be/zm2gcUBNZLM
Droplets - liquid that thinks
Published on May 2, 2014
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A scalable research and educational platform for swarm robotics.
https://youtu.be/nwAmTKB244w
100 Droplets
Published on Jan 21, 2015
https://youtu.be/b9tIGWx9I-c
Droplets meet Philip Glass
Published on Jan 21, 2015
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Droplets installation by John Klingner
https://youtu.be/93TpgxWGvPc
Teaching Chemistry with the Droplets
Published on Sep 22, 2015
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We wish to demonstrate basic rules of chemistry using a swarm of miniature robots which mimic atoms and forming molecules in order to make the concepts of chemistry and robotics more accessible to students. Atomic scale interactions are difficult to observe and are currently taught using computer simulations or ball-and-stick models. Miniature robots that are able to determine their orientation and position with respect to each other and provide tactile feedback to a user could make such simulations both interactive and tangible. At the same time, exposure to the robots' hardware and programming could also introduce students to programming, sensors, and actuation. Initially geared toward high school students and focused on modeling basic chemistry, we expect such a tool to eventually explain more abstract concepts from chemistry or other sciences. Some of these concepts might be implemented by the students themselves as a programming exercise. We present a working prototype of our swarm-robotic chemistry simulation which demonstrates concepts including electronegativity, reaction spontaneity, the octet rule, and hybridization, where each robot is an atom. It also includes preliminary data recorded from a high-school demonstration.