Swarm Robotics

Swarm robotics at Georgia Tech

Swarm Robotics

Swarm Robotics

The Georgia Robotics and InTelligent Systems Lab is studying how large-scale robotic teams can solve complex tasks that individual robots cannot solve by themselves. 

Drawing inspiration from swarming insects and flocking birds, researchers are finding that simple robot-to-robot rules make the 'bots move together in interesting and very useful ways.

Swarm Robotics 101

The team at the Georgia Robotics and InTelligent Systems (GRITS) Lab explains the study and purpose of Swarm Robotics.

Piano-Playing Swarm Robots

Robots are given an assignment, and are able to work together to accomplish the task.

TEDx Talk "Robotics: From Local Rules to Global Behaviors"

Magnus Egerstedt is the Schlumberger Professor and Associate Chair of Research in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. in this TEDx Talk, he explains why swarming robots are good things.

Multi-Robot Assignment and Formation Control

Multi-Robot Assignment and Formation Control by Georgia Tech GRITS lab

Fifteen robots are programmed to spell G-R-I-T-S. Each robot only knows the relative position of the other robots, and there is no communication between the robots. Watch what happens.

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