Kilobots Are Cheap Enough to Swarm in the Thousands
Kilobots or kill-o-bots?
Kilobots aren’t designed to be used on an individual basis. Costing a mere $14 each and buildable in about five minutes, you don’t just get yourself one single Kilobot. Or ten. Or a hundred. They’re designed to swarm in the thousands, although the Harvard group that’s working on them is starting out with a modest 25
“Generally people who want to experiment with large swarms have had to be content with computer simulations, which is fine, but at some point you have to try things out in the real world”
Theory is preferred to experiment because virtual mud packs tighter than real gems. I for one welcome our new cybernetic hive overlords. “All your matter conversions are belong to us.”