<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/678241ac-ede5-438e-b487-4b3926a0f745/271F1E4A-0F99-4481-81B5-D12B61D3A678/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/05/swarm-robotics-beware-the-swarm/" href="http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/05/swarm-robotics-beware-the-swarm/" style="font-size: 11px;">singularityhub.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/05/swarm-robotics-beware-the-swarm/"><P>Swarm robots are in vogue now.  Yeah, it was cool when one robot did something neat, like <A href="http://singularityhub.com/2009/04/01/the-real-scoop-on-hondas-brain-controlled-asimo-robot/" linkindex="6">Asimo</A> or the <A href="http://singularityhub.com/2009/05/18/rise-the-robotic-wall-crawler/" linkindex="7">RiSE wall crawler</A>, but why have one big expensive robot when a million little ones will do the same job?  The internet is abuzz with examples of swarm robotics, where many little robots join forces to complete a task much more in depth than one robot could manage.  For these robots, the finished product truly is greater than the sum of its parts.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/05/swarm-robotics-beware-the-swarm/"><P>Swarm robotics is in its infancy, these days.  Robots are just now being made capable of communicating with each other in real-time, meaning that a band of small robots can get together and really make a difference.  No, they aren’t capable of volunteering at soup kitchens just yet, but these small robots can already do some pretty neat things.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://singularityhub.com/2009/06/05/swarm-robotics-beware-the-swarm/">This first video gives a good overview of what swarm robotics is now and what it is capable of in the future.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44hA6IBtkA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsingularityhub%2Ecom%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fswarm%2Drobotics%2Dbeware%2Dthe%2Dswarm%2F&feature=player_embedded" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44hA6IBtkA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsingularityhub%2Ecom%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fswarm%2Drobotics%2Dbeware%2Dthe%2Dswarm%2F&feature=player_embedded" style="font-size: 11px;">www.youtube.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e44hA6IBtkA&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fsingularityhub%2Ecom%2F2009%2F06%2F05%2Fswarm%2Drobotics%2Dbeware%2Dthe%2Dswarm%2F&feature=player_embedded"><div align="center"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/e44hA6IBtkA&hl=en&fs=1&" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; 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