Swarm Robots and the Freeze-Tag Problem

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Robots Swarm into Military Service

Robots Swarm into Military Service 06/05/2005 11:13 PM
The Christian Science Monitor reports on a variety of miltary swarming and flocking technologies that are in the works including North Korean surveillance robots, an iRobot swarm of 100 test robots, a US Army initiative for networked ground and aerial robots, and Frontline's security robots. The article also talks a little about larger scale swarming involving thousands of robots. Want more swarm news? A vnunet.com story covers the Gridswarm and Ultraswarm projects which will use tiny flying robots running Linux to form an airborne computer network. See also the Slashdot discussion on Gridswarm/Ultraswarm.

Jeff's Robots- toy robots & tons of
robotics links!

Jeff's Robots- toy robots & tons of
robotics links! 01/26/2004 10:19 AM
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Research And Markets: Will Personal
Robots Become The Norm? Take A Look At
The Market For Personal Robots In Japan

Research And Markets: Will Personal
Robots Become The Norm? Take A Look At
The Market For Personal Robots In Japan 12/17/2004 06:40 PM
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Next-Generation Personal Robot Market 2004 to their offering. [PRWEB Oct 18, 2004]

The UAV Swarm

The UAV Swarm 11/15/2003 05:41 PM
Imagine an enemy, fighting the Americans, and they look up and see a swarm of attacking drones! The enemy would be inundated by an innumerable flock of UAVs. From this article it appears that's just what the US Navy has in mind. With seeing huge flocks of birds heading south for the winter this time of year, it's not hard to imagine what a swarm of drones might look like: it would look like the swarm of squidlike robots from The Matrix. Intelligent flying autonomous vehicles would have inter-robot communication network so that it could organize it's own collective configuration and reconfigure in the event of losses. The ememy would really have to watch out for their droppings.

Peace Swarm

Peace Swarm 03/20/2003 08:31 AM
Here's a little experiment in social software. I've been talking with Jack Bury, a 20-year-old American poet living in Amsterdam, who is part of a tiny start-up trying to get some traction for "Eyebees," a Microsoft IE add-in. (It'll be open sourced eventually.) The add-in puts a frame on the left of your browser that shows you up to 200 little dots (Eyebees), each representing another person in the "swarm" you've joined. Their relative position shows which pages they're currently viewing. If a few people are each looking at, say, Doc's blog, then you'll see the five Eyebees clustered...

Swarm Intelligence (SI)

Swarm Intelligence (SI) 01/25/2004 11:42 AM
Swarm Intelligence (SI)
ht tp://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~xiaodong/cec04-swarm/index.htm

Such systems are made up by a population of simple agents interacting locally with one other and with their environment. Although there is typically no centralised control dictating the behaviour of the agents, local interactions ong the agents often cause a global pattern to emerge. Examples of systems like this can be found in nature, including ant colonies, bird flocking, animal herding, honey bees, bacteria, and many more. Swarm-like algorithms, such as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), have already been applied successfully to solve real-world optimization problems in engineering and telecommunication. SI models have many features in common with Evolutionary Algorithms.

Particle Swarm (PSO) Toolbox

Particle Swarm (PSO) Toolbox 05/30/2004 09:06 AM
Regarding Bug Reporting

Locusts swarm over Mauritania

Locusts swarm over Mauritania 08/05/2004 04:04 PM

Tax Filers Swarm To The Internet

Tax Filers Swarm To The Internet 04/14/2005 07:53 PM
TechWeb Apr 14 2005 11:43PM GMT

Mac BitTorrent client with 3D
swarm-visualizer

Mac BitTorrent client with 3D
swarm-visualizer 03/27/2005 08:20 AM
Cory Doctorow: Bits on Wheels is a Mac-only BitTorrent client that shows you your current downloading "swarm" as a 3D visualization. Link (via Waxy)

Alien Swarm Add-on for UT2004 Showcased

Alien Swarm Add-on for UT2004 Showcased 05/28/2004 08:05 PM

Helicopters swarm gas station in Norway

Helicopters swarm gas station in Norway 06/11/2004 07:16 PM

Helicopters Swarm Gas Station in Norway
(AP)

Helicopters Swarm Gas Station in Norway
(AP) 06/11/2004 05:47 PM
AP - Erling Boland didn't know what to think when a swarm of six helicopters noisily swooped down on his gas station.

Report: ZigBee wireless set to swarm

Report: ZigBee wireless set to swarm 08/10/2004 05:33 PM
CNET News.com Aug 10 2004 9:19PM GMT

Manugistics unleashes supply-chain Swarm

Manugistics unleashes supply-chain Swarm 11/03/2003 08:53 AM
Computer Weekly Nov 3 2003 8:18AM ET

Confused Cops Swarm Woman After Birth
(AP)

Confused Cops Swarm Woman After Birth
(AP) 03/31/2005 09:01 AM
AP - A woman rushing to a hospital to give birth hit a few stops along the way — first at a gas station where she delivered the baby herself, then when confused police ordered her out of the car at gunpoint.

As Newcomers Swarm, Sony Girds for a
Fight

As Newcomers Swarm, Sony Girds for a
Fight 02/10/2004 02:55 AM
For a company that has long flexed its muscles and built a reputation on being first, Sony is now in the awkward position of having to play catch-up.

"Robotic traffic cones swarm onto
highways "

"Robotic traffic cones swarm onto
highways " 04/30/2004 04:34 PM

Microsoft hopes Windows leaders will
swarm to The Hive

Microsoft hopes Windows leaders will
swarm to The Hive 06/17/2005 07:13 PM
Microsoft opens up The Hive, a site for Windows "community leaders" to share tips. No word on whether all users will be required to use bee-themed avatars.

Locust Swarm Eats Soccer Field (Reuters)

Locust Swarm Eats Soccer Field (Reuters) 08/05/2004 09:00 AM
Reuters - A massive locust swarm swept into the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott Wednesday, devouring trees, bushes and parts of the city's main soccer field, residents said.

Hundreds of Fireflies Swarm Bellagio
Hotel in Las Vegas

Hundreds of Fireflies Swarm Bellagio
Hotel in Las Vegas 06/17/2005 07:15 PM
New generation of firefly lights are so realistic they even fool Mother Nature's real Fireflies and they've just been installed at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. These patent pending electronic 'fireflies' are used in theme parks, science museums, on-stage, in movies, and are now available for homeowners to bring 'fireflies' into their backyards. [PRWEB Jun 17, 2005]

Silicon Valley staff help paralyse SF
with swarm tech

Silicon Valley staff help paralyse SF
with swarm tech 03/21/2003 08:10 AM
Thousand+ arrested

Swarm of Moths Rush Stage at Weird Al
Show (AP)

Swarm of Moths Rush Stage at Weird Al
Show (AP) 09/03/2004 06:25 PM
AP - Things got hairy for parody singer "Weird Al" Yankovic as a flock of unwanted fans rushed onstage during his performance at a state fair in southern Illinois.

In a deep freeze

In a deep freeze 01/17/2004 10:56 PM
"And there sat Sam, looking cool and calm,Β  in the heart of the furnace roar;Β  And he wore a smile you could see a mile,Β  and he said: 'Please close that door.Β  It's fine in here, but I greatly fearΒ  you'll let in the cold and storm --Β  Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee,Β  it's the first time I've been warm'."

Did hell freeze over?

Did hell freeze over? 12/19/2004 03:53 PM
The morning weather girl is reporting temperatures in the mid-40s with wind chill in the high 30s. I guess that's...

Freeze, E-dirtbag!

Freeze, E-dirtbag! 01/15/2003 06:57 PM
WebTechniques Jan 15 2003 5:25PM ET

The Doctor Will Freeze You Now

The Doctor Will Freeze You Now 05/04/2004 05:05 AM
Human antifreeze could kick-start the cryonics game by making it easier to perform low-temperature surgery. By Wil McCarthy from Wired magazine.

EU in disarray over treaty freeze

EU in disarray over treaty freeze 06/17/2005 03:21 PM
Three more EU countries postpone votes on the ill-fated EU constitution as the bloc faces an uncertain future.

Update: Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7

Update: Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 09/23/2004 11:22 AM
Deep Freeze is an administrator's tool for keeping Mac OS X workstations in a standard configuration using both restrictive and non-restrictive protection.

Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 released

Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7 released 09/22/2004 04:20 AM
Faronics has released Deep Freeze Mac OS X 1.7, the latest version of its flagship workstation security software...

Some Brokers Freeze Out the Little Guy
in Google IPO

Some Brokers Freeze Out the Little Guy
in Google IPO 08/11/2004 06:49 PM
While Google's Dutch auction differs from the traditional IPO process of doling out IPO shares to wealthy individuals and institutions, it's still not as democratic as some would hope.

Notes and Tips: Mac OS X Freeze Bug

Notes and Tips: Mac OS X Freeze Bug 08/03/2004 11:14 AM
Rohan Lloyd writes that Apple confirmed a Mac OS X bug that causes freezes and says they're working on it.

Tech IPOs Out of Deep Freeze

Tech IPOs Out of Deep Freeze 11/11/2003 05:51 AM
After a long dry spell, tech companies are once again raising cash through initial stock offerings. In contrast to the mayhem of the dot-com boom, however, today's newcomers tend to be profitable or close to it. By Joanna Glasner.

N Korea rules out nuclear freeze

N Korea rules out nuclear freeze 09/18/2004 09:06 AM
North Korea says it can "never dismantle" its nuclear arsenal while US policy towards it remains hostile.

A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import

A prefs fix for iTunes freeze on CD
import 12/27/2004 10:39 AM
I've been having problems importing CDs into iTunes 4.7 and wanted to import some Christmas albums. Each attempt failed with the "whirling rainbow of death" as someone put it. The CD/DVD drive becomes noisy and the computer...

Freeze in Pigeon Server 3.02.0143

Freeze in Pigeon Server 3.02.0143 09/17/2004 12:40 PM
Luigi Auriemma (Sep 16 2004)

Labour MSP pleads for cuts freeze

Labour MSP pleads for cuts freeze 09/10/2004 05:40 AM
A Labour backbencher puts pressure on the Health Minister Malcolm Chisholm by demanding a freeze on hospital cuts.

Scientist freeze a pulse of light

Scientist freeze a pulse of light 12/11/2003 12:04 PM
In what I would classify as out of the box thinking scientist have been able to stop a pulse of...

Weapons Freeze, Microwave Enemies

Weapons Freeze, Microwave Enemies 08/03/2004 05:26 AM
The military is investigating weapons that use directed-energy beams to paralyze attackers, shoot down missiles or repel adversaries by heating the water molecules in their skin. But some experts are concerned about unknown side effects.
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Swarming robots

Swarming robots 11/14/2003 01:46 PM
iRobot, the company behind the Roomba, doesn't just make robotic vacuum cleaners. They're also building robots that could group together in swarms and be used to clear landmines or rescue earthquake victims:The point of the Swarm project is to be able to program lots of robots to communicate with each other using proprietary Behavior Language software. And we're not talking about 10 or even 100 bots, but 10,000 or more. The name "Swarm" comes from the robots' ability to work like insects... The robots communicate using an infrared light signal that begins with a chosen leader (which has an antenna on its head) and then spreads to the rest. So essentially, they "talk" to each other. When this happens, the lights begin flashing. Each light has an accompanying sound. The sounds tell the robots how far away they are from each other.Read...

"Mod_torrent is a drop in solution for
Apache servers when deploying the
BitTorrent file swarming technology"

"Mod_torrent is a drop in solution for
Apache servers when deploying the
BitTorrent file swarming technology" 06/11/2004 03:17 AM

All the news that robots pick

All the news that robots pick 03/25/2005 12:22 PM
Google suffers black eyes in quest to best traditional newspapers with mathematical algorithms and robots.

All the news robots pick

All the news robots pick 03/25/2005 07:12 AM
Google suffers black eyes in quest to best traditional newspapers with mathematical algorithms and robots.

Wired News: Robots May Fight for the
Army

Wired News: Robots May Fight for the
Army 04/14/2004 06:22 AM
lead human soldiers into battle .. Robots May Fight for the Army .. The robot should go in first .. :

wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63036,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_1
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Wired News: Alien Sex! Bombs! Robots!
Pathos!

Wired News: Alien Sex! Bombs! Robots!
Pathos! 12/06/2003 02:46 AM
Wiredtakes a look with fresh eyes .. really dumb remake otherwise .. Wired's writeup on the thing .. Xeni Jardin points out

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Swarm Robots and the Freeze-Tag Problem

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