Robotics expert explains how swarm drones work

Published July 18, 2018 This content is archived.

An article in Wired about new technology that enables drones to self-organize into a coherent swarm, flying in synchrony without colliding and without a central control unit telling them what to do interviews Karthik Dantu, assistant professor of computer science and engineering in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and an expert in multi-robot coordination. “The fact that they’ve done this in a decentralized fashion is quite cool,” said Dantu, who was unaffiliated with the study. “Each agent is doing its own thing, and yet some mass behavior emerges.”