Growing up alongside deadly fires inspired me to study them—and fight flames with swarms of drones

Growing up in Greece, wildfires were a constant presence each summer. In 2007, I remember watching TV footage of fires ...
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China sets a drone swarm record with 16,000 synchronized units

China breaks records by flying 16,000 drones in a coordinated formation. Supreme Court takes up gun owners' challenge to ...
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Distributed Autonomous Formation Tracking for UAV Swarm in Complex Environments

Abstract: In this paper, a distributed autonomous formation tracking method for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm is proposed, aiming to improve swarm's target tracking capability in complex ...
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The Pentagon leans into drone swarms with a $100M challenge

The concept of swarm robotics goes back more than 30 years, to this 1995 paper. The Pentagon has been holding multiple-robot ...

Soil-based method can stop locust swarms from destroying crops

"They're very destructive when there's a lot of them, but one-on-one, what's not to love?" says Arianne Cease. She's talking ...
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China runs swarm-drone war games with ship-fired missiles

China is knitting together swarms of drones and ship‑fired missiles into a single battle network, rehearsing how to overwhelm ...