Winzige Roboter verwenden Klang, um sich zu intelligenten Gruppen zu organisieren

„Animals like bats, whales and insects have long used acoustic signals for communication and navigation. Now, an international team of scientists has taken a page from nature’s playbook to model micro-sized robots that use sound waves to coordinate into large swarms that exhibit intelligent-like behavior.

„Picture swarms of bees or midges … They move, that creates sound, and the sound keeps them cohesive, many individuals acting as one.“

Since the miniature, sound-broadcasting swarms of micromachines are self-organizing, they can navigate tight spaces and even re-form themselves if deformed.

For the study, the team developed a computer model to track the movements of tiny robots, each equipped with an acoustic emitter and a detector. They found that acoustic communication allowed the individual robotic agents to work together seamlessly, adapting their shape and behavior to their environment, much like a school of fish or a flock of birds.“