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Uploaded by on Jun 1, 2007

A swarm of s-bot miniature mobile robots pulling a child in swarm-bot formation. More on http://mobots.epfl.ch

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  • Considering that each LED uses 20 ma. of power each, that represents a huge waste of power. There has got to be a better, more conservative way to do it. This isn't it. (Now, if the LEDs were multiplexed, that would be feasible).

  • @TheMrBlinx with continuous 20mA at 3.3V (and 8 LEDs like in the design showed in the video) you need around 0.5W. This is a worst case scenario and allows achieving a range and bearing system. This is at the same time not so much for this type of robot (the CPU alone takes 1W) but could be improved a lot, fully agree with you. The goal here was to do experiments, not to have a production robot. For experiments, the colors that are visible to the user help a lot in understanding the process.

  • what do the different colors mean?

  • @moxigen the colors allow to create the lines, allowing each robot to recognize its own line with the camera

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  • Sweetie, your toys want to play with you.

  • "We will take the human to our lair"

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  • Holy crap! robot pikmin!

  • ....and that child was newer heard from since... ( nice tech :) )

  • Child is not amused.

  • Pedophiles favorite toys!

  • @moxigen Units. All of the Swarmbots would be equivalent to an army, while the reds, greens and blues would be "squads".

  • one line of code:

    Kill Sara Conner

  • THE GIRL LOOKED SO EXCITED!!! SHE COULD HARDLY WAIT FOR THE BORING CRAP TO HAPPEN!!!!

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