Swarms

[Kevin Berry]

http://www.fbo.gov/spg/NASA/LaRC/OPDC20220/NNL06146222Q/SynopsisP.html

Not a lot of info, but really cool. Somebody with some time could help with a google search.

[TheDuck]

I was at the Trinity College Firefighting Robot Contest this past weekend. Jennifer Smith from iRobot (yes, that one) did a presentation on one of the lesser known iRobot projects: Swarm. The videos are entertaining to watch as confirmed by everybody in the audience from the gentleman in his 70's to the two girls under 10 years old (quoth one, "I have a suggestion: You should have these on the Internet somewhere because they are very fun to watch").

http://people.csail.mit.edu/jamesm/swarm.php

Note: James McLurkin also worked on the project. The site above is actually his as the iRobot ones doesn't contain as much on the topic.