Americans researchers του πανεπιστημίου Χάρβαρντ δημιούργησαν έναν στρατό από μικροσκοπικά αυτname robots, which mimic the behavior of termites and can build entire brick castles by themselves, without any human intervention.
It is the first time that robotic "builders", without even being programmed in advance, so that they have knowledge of the overall design of the construction, build with self-organization και από κοινού εντυπωσιακά οικοδομήματα. Ίσως είναι μια πρόγευση του ρομποτικού μέλλοντος των οικοδομών, που μπορεί να βασίζεται στη νοημοσύνη -και στο στιλ- των εντόμων! Είναι μια λογική που ανατρέπει την εδώ και χιλιετίες καθιερωμένη προσέγγιση των ανθρώπινων κατασκευών, οι οποίες βασίζονται σε μια ιεραρχία με επικεφαλής τον αρχιτέκτονα και τον πολιτικό μηχανικό.
The researchers, led by Dr. Justin Werfel of the Institute of Biological Inspired Engineering Wyss, who made the relevant publication in the journal "Science", as well as an announcement at the annual conference of the American Unions for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), according to the with the BBC, the "Nature" and "New Scientist", they stated that the decentralized logic of their robots has significant advantages, for example for missions in dangerous environments, such as natural disaster zones or space. If, for example, one robot is damaged or broken, the others can continue normally work their.
"We could use such robots in flooded areas to take on sand dams alone," said Werfel, whose artificial termites were developed within the framework of Harvard's broader TERMES program. American researchers have developed special algorithms inspired by the way that the armies of millions of independent termites, despite their tiny brains, work together to build their noble nests without any leading central "mind" telling them what to do.
Each of the robot-termites has a length of 18, looks like a small Volkswagen beetle and has four simple types of sensors (infrared, ultrasonic, touch and acceleration). Everyone understands with their sensors only the neighboring robots and the surrounding environment, building around it.
Each robot is provided with simple instructions and simply acts (and reacts) depending on what he encounters around him, without being scheduled to do anything specific. However, in cooperation with the others, although everything is moving very slowly, it finally results in an impressive construction.
Robotic termites can move back and forth on the right, climb and descend stairs, lift, carry and place bricks without the guidance of any foreman or engineer.
Should the people involved in the construction industry be concerned?
News Room «Profit»With information from RES - AMP
