A US researcher says a swarm of tiny robots could be a better solution to accomplishing tasks than one big one and has made \"ping-pong\" ball-sized examples. University of Colorado at Boulder computer scientist Nikolaus Correll and his research team have developed a basic robotic \"building block\" which they hope to reproduce in large quantities to develop increasingly complex systems, the university reported Friday. They\'ve created a swarm of 20 robots, each the size of a Ping Pong ball, which they\'ve dubbed \"droplets.\" When the droplets swarm together, Correll said, they form a \"liquid that thinks.\" Swarms of tiny intelligent robotic devices could be for containing an oil spill or to self-assemble into a piece of hardware after being launched separately into space, he said. The \"droplets\" will be used to demonstrate self-assembly and swarm-intelligent behaviors such as pattern recognition, sensor-based motion and adaptive shape change, Correll said. These behaviors could then be transferred to large swarms for water- or air-based tasks. Correll said such distributed intelligence systems could someday accomplish even the most complex tasks. \"Every living organism is made from a swarm of collaborating cells,\" he said. \"Perhaps someday, our [robot] swarms will colonize space where they will assemble habitats and lush gardens for future space explorers.\"
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