Robot Swarm

[ThePandemicvideos]

Great progress. One day we'll be able to build a fully functional Dalek and humanity will be over.

[schneemann1991]

I wish I had the money for 278 e-pucks ;)

[Humaneering]

thats my famly all the best from robotruss

[manoftnuva]

Chinese parade =)

[xoxspliff]

soon, they will be getting the public to work like this.. mindless and controlled.

[ToX23in]

@xoxspliff What do you mean 'soon'?

[pomeroy600287]

yeah, I think the robots are going backwards, because if you look at the close ups near the start, you can see that the bit of the robot that touches the ground (not including wheels) is in the front, and, logically, it should be at the back, to keep it on a straight course, like the tail on an aeroplane or a kite. or having a supermarket trolley wheel and pushing it forward so it swivels, then trying to make it go backwards without swiveling round again. difficult.

[dimented24x7]

It also could have been run in reverse. IOW, the robots start at the desired points and then swarm outward. The final result is simply the video played in reverse.

[julienhendrickx]

@dimented24x7

That's actually what they've done.

[Sancho0330]

precise*

[Sancho0330]

That's CGI; the technology doesn't exist yet to perform something that percise.

[fundash]

actually, there is technology to do that, but it cost like billions of dollars...

I don't think it was CGI, but maybe like magnets under the table?

maybe they actually did buy robots that can do that, i'm sure it wasn't cheap though...

[Tidermans]

Ah no way! That was brilliant

[armydude359]

Oh noes, robot overlords r cummin

[TehPijltje]

Cummin? LOLOLOLOLOL

[DonnasaurTV]

:DDD The ants go marching one by one,.. Hoorah, hoorah..

the ants go marching one by one...

[skierplaterandy]

they were assembled then moved away. it was played backwards. if they were all moving independently they cannot assemble that quickly. they would need to go around each other and figure out where to go.

[Masamuneblade7]

*SMASH* *GRAB* HA HA HA HA HA!!! I FINALLY STOLE GODS DIAMOND!!! worlds greatest security known to man? blah. bashing a door down was easy *Reet Reet Reet*

Ehh? ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!­!!

*ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ­ZT*

(Its a bloody murderous scene when the police arrive, the swarm of 10,000 micro robots armed with saws and drills and ant crawling abilities swarmed this man and tore him to shreds. they cannot eat so they left his guts splattered all over the living room floor.)

[Sirslaughterz]

I,for one welcome our new robot overlords.

[mkdray224]

lol

[asder244]

Robots are so perfect, it scares me

[fabianonline]

In fact they are dumb as can be =)

They are just very specifically programmed!

[Dudekahedron]

i want some of those critters :p

[sonicboy94]

i want a pack of bots

[neoyojo2]

O_O thire takeing over the planet!!!!!!

[Choice777]

it's played backwards

[hamish9900]

yea, thats what i ws going to say

[Someoneizalive]

Well you can give the robots a tiny gps and tell each one to go to a location and so on so it forms a word or a logo.

[puddinhead99]

its a tv commercial, why does it matter that they played it backwards?

[khaninator]

Rather easier to put the robots down in the shape of the logo rather than program them to do it themselves. Playing the video of them breaking up the formation backwards suggests an amount of effort that wasn't involved.

On the other hand, if this is for real, then it's quite impressive.

[khaninator]

Huh, I thought I replied to the earlier comment.

[puddinhead99]

i get what your saying. it was meant for the post below me right?

[staphinfection]

That's either totally fake at the end, or played backwards...

[Crankgorilla]

I thought it was alright. Weird, but good.

[ManTigerBMW]

lame.. so you played a film backwards.. lame lame lame..

[javierenchina]

ok, way to play it back backwards at the end

[BeaverWalrus]

now give them some guns.

[DinMor1234]

yea

[KhmaiBodian559]

looks like sperm eeeww

[solidsciolist]

I think you should have that checked.

[IcePanda45]

having a war with those would be awesome

[1888junkteam]

i thought it was gonna spell out redrum

[whencani]

The last part was played in reverse. Whoopdy-doo. Not intelligent. Just a toy.

[secondjustice247]

i was going to type the same thing...glad someone else has an intelligent mind

[lucasmontec]

@whencani ok, build one than...

[fvaletudo06]

we should severely consider national security and our rights being broken. Think of everything we've done that has had an impact and then think on what impact robots can have. They don't make movies for no reason, just for an example of what could happen check out some Steven Spielberg films

[drockwoo]

...they dont have fucking AI

[blk1489]

you're right, they make movies for entertainment. hack.

and who the hell is they?

what are you some kind of retard case?

[Aotommo]

This is simply fascinating, and a clear sign that modern robotics has progressed beyond the "microbe" or "plant" level of intelligence, to the same degree of intelligence as insects. I'm betting that by 2050 we'll have created machines with the same degree of intelligence as humans.

[iuliansoria]

true ;)

[Nallanyesmar]

Nice to see it didn't spell out "Kill Humans".

[k269643]

awesome ... how do you simulate your robot?

[JimPughEtAl]

We typically use the Webots simulator, which has some built-in features for the e-puck robot.

[ashadowwebdesign]

Awesome. My husband does stuff like this. Just very neat!

[NinoScript]

WOW, thats cool!

..ive only made one in my life, and im still working in it XD