Swarm behaviour may not require intelligence | NewScientist

by Hallie Siegel

11 March 2013

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In a series of videos that depict groups of ultra-simple vibrating robots as they buzz around an arena, Luca Giomi, an applied mathematician at Harvard University, demonstrates how apparently intelligent behaviour like swarming doesn’t require CPUs or sensors.

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