It’s happened. Just like a science fiction film, innocently enough, 10 universities are collaborating with the European Union-funded Symbrion to create swarms of transformer-style robots for various humanitarian causes.
The scientists are aiming to create self-organising robots that will work in teams by 2013.
Researchers will create standards that will allow the robots to evolve, adapt, work together, and generally take over the earth, too – all with no human interaction or guidance.
I for one welcome our new automated, collaborative, and evolving robot overlords. However, if you want the full skinny on the actual developments planned for these robots, hit the link>
