Georgia Tech BOBbots (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech BOBbots

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When sensors, communication, memory and computation are removed from a group of simple robots, certain sets of complex tasks can still be accomplished by leveraging the robots' physical characteristics, a trait that a team of researchers led by Georgia Tech calls "task embodiment."

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Shengkai Li, Georgia Tech

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