Swarm Micro-Bots

Swarm Micro-Bots are a collection of thousands of millimeter-scale robots that work together in swarms to accomplish complex tasks through stigmergic communication and decentralized control.

Addressing tasks that require precise manipulation at small scales and complexity beyond what can be achieved by single large-scale robots.

Micro-bots communicate with each other via stigmergy, leaving signals or markers in their environment which influence the behavior of nearby bots. They operate under decentralized control algorithms allowing them to coordinate without a central command structure.

• silicon
• plastics
• metals

Manufactured using microfabrication techniques, including lithography and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) processes.

Design, fabrication of individual bots, assembly into swarms, programming for swarm behavior, testing and calibration.

Field units draw low hundreds of watts; fabrication is energy-intensive due to vacuum baking.

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stigmergy

A method of indirect communication where the state of a shared environment influences the behavior of individuals, leading them to modify that environment in turn.

MEMS

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems, which are microscopic devices combining mechanical elements, sensors, actuators, and electronics on a single substrate through microfabrication technology.

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