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MIT is exploring a new approach to robotics inspired by one of nature’s most interesting systems: fire ants.
During floods, fire ants connect their bodies to form floating rafts without relying on a central leader.
MIT’s robotic boats use a similar principle.
Each small boat can communicate with nearby boats, share its position and follow simple rules. Together, they can connect into larger structures such as platforms and bridges.
The system doesn’t depend on one central computer controlling every robot.
The boats can also connect using magnets on their sides. Once connected, the motor can switch off, allowing the connection to hold without continuous power.
In laboratory testing, eight boats were able to assemble, change shape and move together without direct human control.
The bigger vision is adaptive infrastructure — structures that could potentially appear when needed, change with demand and disappear when they’re no longer useful.
The real question isn’t whether robots can build a bridge.
It’s whether infrastructure needs to be permanent in the first place.
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Beautiful concept
Coming to a planet near you in the year 2057.
I'm against technology, but that gives technology few points, because it helps humans, and must not be idolatry 😮😮😮
Bridge for military!
What about high current ? Tidal wave ? Boat created wave ?
Get the civilians to pay for it whats it use when everyone is asleep.
Why are there still Ki generated videos in it, if the thing is already working??
So proud when he say 'No human required'! When AI will decide ' No human required ' then we all would be running for cover without much hope.
You’re still walking on water on a moving surface. The chances of falling into the water are extremely high. Innovation yes but without any UX. Handrails anyone?
Very useful flood zones.
So, they only have 8 units tested in a lab, so you really can't say it's working in a real world environment. The cases they showed are AI generated videos.
Flood zones!
It's such a good idea they had to AI slop the video.
Video is AI.
AND YOU THOUGHT THESE PEOPLE WERE SMART. 😂😂
When they think independently without any "master". How do they decide what, how and when to build? And if you say that one bot can infer the other to make decision, this has flaw in its own as someone can make one poisoned bot to rule or ruined them all.
This is not a new thing; it is just refined. Not revolutionary, just further investment into the Idea.
Awesome ! Creating useful things, this type of bridge could be useful in rescue effort after an hurricane, or just for fancy to reach your boat anchored in the lake 😅
Why is half the video AI slop?
They just forgot solarpanels on the top for extend battery power
They're selling it to military not for civilians
And how does exactly the robot power on its own? It can't be just applied on every country
Awesome
I can see something like this being used after a flood in small rescue scenarios. We had some serious floods in the Carolina’s where we had trouble distributing food and clean water. It needs a lot of work before can handle rivers w fast moves being water or carry trucks. How strong are those magnets actually? You could use the concept and actually connect them mechanically even design support structures for them so they can handle major weight.
I can think of one…but i can't tell ya! 😊
Does it include Sales Tax in the amount?
Could eventually beat Caesar. He build a bridge over Rhine in one day:-)
idiots. Doing AI video and calling it innovations..
Disappear to where if not needed? How much the cost of each robot?
Ram setu
Very impressive…… AI video.
Oh, the imaginary boxes were good too.
AI ITS AIIIIIIIIIIIIII ITS AI DUDE
Only in AI performance not real working bots.
Where can I learn this?
Simple until it has to work under load , combat streams and debris, power capcity ,redundancy, at which point the swarming algorithm becomes the easy part to solve. It also really helps when ai solves all those problems as a 'proven' concept , but back on planet eart this is a lot harder to actually put into practice
Its first class algorithm
Want to celebrate this, but Hollywood has trained my brain to be weary of autonomous robots 🫥
😮 It is on water like swans / ducks too and it flocks similarly.
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Imagine it produced at a scale !!! Put it in the waterways and oceans by trillion of it ! It will ship, act as transportation for folks animals , building islands , i can't even imagine what this could develop into
Seems like it has many rescue applications.
Great share
This has a lot of military potential
Can’t build a bridge in Gaza though. Humans would be required
emergency use
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Wait, “other robot swarms”?
Very cool tech and you are very handsome and cute too! 😎😍😉✌️