David Garzón Ramos
@dgarzonramos.com
Assistant Professor at University College Dublin | Collective Robotics & AI | Past IRIDIA, ULB & Bristol Robotics Lab
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🚨 Calling all Swarm Roboticists! 🚨
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
📢 ANTS 2026 deadline extended to 20 Nov 2025!
No further extensions will be granted.
If you haven’t submitted yet, there’s still time to share your latest work with the swarm intelligence community.
We look forward to seeing your contributions!
No further extensions will be granted.
If you haven’t submitted yet, there’s still time to share your latest work with the swarm intelligence community.
We look forward to seeing your contributions!
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📢 ANTS 2026 deadline extended to 20 Nov 2025!
No further extensions will be granted.
If you haven’t submitted yet, there’s still time to share your latest work with the swarm intelligence community.
We look forward to seeing your contributions!
No further extensions will be granted.
If you haven’t submitted yet, there’s still time to share your latest work with the swarm intelligence community.
We look forward to seeing your contributions!
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
Also, our first workshop on cultural evolution at #alife2025: thanks to invited speakers James Borg and @uchiyama.bsky.social for their talks in session 1! In session 2, we had an interactive generative game with some creative creatures and cultures emerging. Thanks to all who came along 👾🦠
October 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Also, our first workshop on cultural evolution at #alife2025: thanks to invited speakers James Borg and @uchiyama.bsky.social for their talks in session 1! In session 2, we had an interactive generative game with some creative creatures and cultures emerging. Thanks to all who came along 👾🦠
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What would you love to know about #robot ethics? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
October 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
What would you love to know about #robot ethics? 🤖
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
Later this season, I'll be chatting to Prof. Alan Winfield (@alan-winfield.bsky.social) from @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social about developing new standards for ethics and transparency in robotics.
Send me your questions for Alan in the comments!
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Today is #alife2025 day 1! Workshops under way... We have our own workshop tmw on Cultural Evolution of Planet X, 13.30-16.30, room 4F. Exciting keynotes from James Borg and @uchiyama.bsky.social. Join us!
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Today is #alife2025 day 1! Workshops under way... We have our own workshop tmw on Cultural Evolution of Planet X, 13.30-16.30, room 4F. Exciting keynotes from James Borg and @uchiyama.bsky.social. Join us!
🇨🇴 A follow-up to my days in Colombia: How can robot swarms be incorporated into production schedules and manufacturing workflows?
Huge thanks to Universidad Industrial de Santander for hosting me to brainstorm with faculty, students & the OPALO group on robots, collective intelligence & industry.
Huge thanks to Universidad Industrial de Santander for hosting me to brainstorm with faculty, students & the OPALO group on robots, collective intelligence & industry.
October 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
🇨🇴 A follow-up to my days in Colombia: How can robot swarms be incorporated into production schedules and manufacturing workflows?
Huge thanks to Universidad Industrial de Santander for hosting me to brainstorm with faculty, students & the OPALO group on robots, collective intelligence & industry.
Huge thanks to Universidad Industrial de Santander for hosting me to brainstorm with faculty, students & the OPALO group on robots, collective intelligence & industry.
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Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
September 30, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Alrght everybody, get your Tin Can Telephones out. We need your help!
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
We reach new people by word of mouth. Send all your educator friends this pic! Teachers, librarians, scout troop leaders, etc! We offer our program for free, so we need help getting the word out without advertising $$.
🚨 Calling all Swarm Roboticists! 🚨
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
September 24, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🚨 Calling all Swarm Roboticists! 🚨
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
The npj Robotics Collection on Swarm Robotics is open for submissions! (Nature Portfolio)
We welcome contributions on physical robot swarms — methods, platforms, applications, and human aspects.
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...
Thanks for sharing and reposting!
🐝 Swarmies in Colombia! 🇨🇴🤖
Back home for a one-week workshop launching ATRIZ, the new swarm robotics lab I have been helping build at Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
After 5 years of effort, MSc students now get hands-on with multi-robot systems, team-based learning, and collective robotics.
Back home for a one-week workshop launching ATRIZ, the new swarm robotics lab I have been helping build at Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
After 5 years of effort, MSc students now get hands-on with multi-robot systems, team-based learning, and collective robotics.
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
🐝 Swarmies in Colombia! 🇨🇴🤖
Back home for a one-week workshop launching ATRIZ, the new swarm robotics lab I have been helping build at Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
After 5 years of effort, MSc students now get hands-on with multi-robot systems, team-based learning, and collective robotics.
Back home for a one-week workshop launching ATRIZ, the new swarm robotics lab I have been helping build at Universidad de Nariño, Colombia.
After 5 years of effort, MSc students now get hands-on with multi-robot systems, team-based learning, and collective robotics.
🚨 Last days to submit! 🚨
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🚨 Last days to submit! 🚨
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
Join the Workshop on Cultural Evolution of Planet X at @alife2025.bsky.social (Kyoto, Oct 7).
We welcome abstracts on cultural evolution and emergent culture in artificial systems. Work presented elsewhere too!
📅 Deadline: Sept 20
🔗 sites.google.com/view/planetx...
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
From Random Notes to Emergent Orchestras.
Lluc Bono presents at @css-conference.bsky.social our latest results on creating a robot swarm that composes & performs musical pieces. A framework to study emergence of creativity in music through artificial physical agents @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025
Lluc Bono presents at @css-conference.bsky.social our latest results on creating a robot swarm that composes & performs musical pieces. A framework to study emergence of creativity in music through artificial physical agents @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025
September 1, 2025 at 3:11 PM
From Random Notes to Emergent Orchestras.
Lluc Bono presents at @css-conference.bsky.social our latest results on creating a robot swarm that composes & performs musical pieces. A framework to study emergence of creativity in music through artificial physical agents @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025
Lluc Bono presents at @css-conference.bsky.social our latest results on creating a robot swarm that composes & performs musical pieces. A framework to study emergence of creativity in music through artificial physical agents @cbehav.bsky.social #CCS2025
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📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪
August 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
📣 Interested in cultural evolution and artificial life? Call for abstracts for our upcoming workshop at @alife2025.bsky.social. Accepted abstracts will be presented as flash talks, and are not archival. Deadline is the September 12, w/ rolling acceptance. Details: sites.google.com/view/planetx... 🧪
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Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Applications close in one week. Join our dynamic and growing Centre @soham-centre.bsky.social if you’re passionate about AI-enhanced collective intelligence.
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The second edition of my book will be released on the 4th of July.
The book, updated to rolling/kilted, includes two new chapters:
1) Deep ROS 2: Executors, execution model, callback groups and Real-Time.
2) Contributing to ROS 2 software (licenses, git, .)
I hope you like 🤓
The book, updated to rolling/kilted, includes two new chapters:
1) Deep ROS 2: Executors, execution model, callback groups and Real-Time.
2) Contributing to ROS 2 software (licenses, git, .)
I hope you like 🤓
June 21, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The second edition of my book will be released on the 4th of July.
The book, updated to rolling/kilted, includes two new chapters:
1) Deep ROS 2: Executors, execution model, callback groups and Real-Time.
2) Contributing to ROS 2 software (licenses, git, .)
I hope you like 🤓
The book, updated to rolling/kilted, includes two new chapters:
1) Deep ROS 2: Executors, execution model, callback groups and Real-Time.
2) Contributing to ROS 2 software (licenses, git, .)
I hope you like 🤓
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
Join us at the Cultural Evolution of Planet X: Emergent Creativity and Wisdom of the Crowds workshop at #ALIFE2025!
Explore how we design and imagine cultural evolution on an artificial planet X, drawing inspiration from cultural evolution in animals on Earth. 🌌👾
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eg32maqs
Explore how we design and imagine cultural evolution on an artificial planet X, drawing inspiration from cultural evolution in animals on Earth. 🌌👾
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eg32maqs
June 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Join us at the Cultural Evolution of Planet X: Emergent Creativity and Wisdom of the Crowds workshop at #ALIFE2025!
Explore how we design and imagine cultural evolution on an artificial planet X, drawing inspiration from cultural evolution in animals on Earth. 🌌👾
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eg32maqs
Explore how we design and imagine cultural evolution on an artificial planet X, drawing inspiration from cultural evolution in animals on Earth. 🌌👾
🔗 Details: lnkd.in/eg32maqs
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
Much of the AI hype is hype. Most or all food delivery robots are driven by low cost remote workers. Waymo admits that every two miles or so there is a human intervention. Humanoids demos are tele-oped. Here is an AI powered coding app revealed. How many others? www.businesstoday.in/technology/n...
'700 Indian engineers posed as AI': The London startup that took Microsoft for a ride - BusinessToday
The unraveling began when creditor Viola Credit, which lent Builder.ai $50 million in 2023, seized $37 million from its accounts after the company defaulted.
www.businesstoday.in
May 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Much of the AI hype is hype. Most or all food delivery robots are driven by low cost remote workers. Waymo admits that every two miles or so there is a human intervention. Humanoids demos are tele-oped. Here is an AI powered coding app revealed. How many others? www.businesstoday.in/technology/n...
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Excited to introduce the Darwin Gödel Machine: Open-Ended Evolution of Self-Improving Agents. We harness the power of open-ended algorithms to search for agentic systems that get better at coding, including improving their own code.
Introducing The Darwin Gödel Machine
sakana.ai/dgm
The Darwin Gödel Machine is a self-improving agent that can modify its own code. Inspired by evolution, we maintain an expanding lineage of agent variants, allowing for open-ended exploration of the vast design space of such self-improving agents.
sakana.ai/dgm
The Darwin Gödel Machine is a self-improving agent that can modify its own code. Inspired by evolution, we maintain an expanding lineage of agent variants, allowing for open-ended exploration of the vast design space of such self-improving agents.
May 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Excited to introduce the Darwin Gödel Machine: Open-Ended Evolution of Self-Improving Agents. We harness the power of open-ended algorithms to search for agentic systems that get better at coding, including improving their own code.
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
Today we’re excited to welcome @jonaskuresearch.bsky.social from @uni-konstanz.de to our next CASCB Talk! Join us at 12:00 to explore how swarms of robots learn complex behaviours via modular design, imitation learning & open-ended techniques.
📍 ZT 702 & online
📍 ZT 702 & online
May 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Today we’re excited to welcome @jonaskuresearch.bsky.social from @uni-konstanz.de to our next CASCB Talk! Join us at 12:00 to explore how swarms of robots learn complex behaviours via modular design, imitation learning & open-ended techniques.
📍 ZT 702 & online
📍 ZT 702 & online
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Our next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar is a double act! @palinabartash.bsky.social & David Bierbach "Collective air-breathing in the largest freshwater fish on Earth"
3rd June 2025, @2pm UK time.
Subscribe to lists.uu.se/sympa/subscr... to keep up to date on our seminars!
3rd June 2025, @2pm UK time.
Subscribe to lists.uu.se/sympa/subscr... to keep up to date on our seminars!
May 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Our next Collective Behaviour Online Seminar #CollBehavSeminar is a double act! @palinabartash.bsky.social & David Bierbach "Collective air-breathing in the largest freshwater fish on Earth"
3rd June 2025, @2pm UK time.
Subscribe to lists.uu.se/sympa/subscr... to keep up to date on our seminars!
3rd June 2025, @2pm UK time.
Subscribe to lists.uu.se/sympa/subscr... to keep up to date on our seminars!
Reposted by David Garzón Ramos
We are excited to announce that the Fifteenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2026) will be taking place on June 8-10, 2026 in Darmstadt, Germany.
📅 Submissions: Nov 10, 2025
📅 Notification: Jan 30, 2026
📅 Conference: June 8-10, 2026
🌐 ants2026.org
📅 Submissions: Nov 10, 2025
📅 Notification: Jan 30, 2026
📅 Conference: June 8-10, 2026
🌐 ants2026.org
May 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are excited to announce that the Fifteenth International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ANTS 2026) will be taking place on June 8-10, 2026 in Darmstadt, Germany.
📅 Submissions: Nov 10, 2025
📅 Notification: Jan 30, 2026
📅 Conference: June 8-10, 2026
🌐 ants2026.org
📅 Submissions: Nov 10, 2025
📅 Notification: Jan 30, 2026
📅 Conference: June 8-10, 2026
🌐 ants2026.org
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Cool videos from our new paper applying Diversity Search to Flow-Lenia to explore a vast space of eco-evolutionary dynamics. Preprint paper, dataset and online visualization tool soon available, stay tuned!
I'll present this and other Lenia experiments on May 27 at www.dem.eco
#ALife #Open-endedness
I'll present this and other Lenia experiments on May 27 at www.dem.eco
#ALife #Open-endedness
May 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cool videos from our new paper applying Diversity Search to Flow-Lenia to explore a vast space of eco-evolutionary dynamics. Preprint paper, dataset and online visualization tool soon available, stay tuned!
I'll present this and other Lenia experiments on May 27 at www.dem.eco
#ALife #Open-endedness
I'll present this and other Lenia experiments on May 27 at www.dem.eco
#ALife #Open-endedness
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Computer scientists at the University of Bath have proposed over 100 ways to reprogram domestic cleaning robots to complete additional household tasks, including watering the plants, bringing groceries in from the car, or even playing with the cat! 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-04... #Robots #Robotics
Repurposed Roombas: Scientists program domestic robots for additional household tasks
At a time when we run ourselves ragged to meet society's expectations of productivity, performance and time optimization, is it right that our robot vacuum cleaners and other smart appliances should s...
techxplore.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Computer scientists at the University of Bath have proposed over 100 ways to reprogram domestic cleaning robots to complete additional household tasks, including watering the plants, bringing groceries in from the car, or even playing with the cat! 🤖 techxplore.com/news/2025-04... #Robots #Robotics
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Swarming in the Wild: A Distributed
Communication-less Lloyd-based Algorithm dealing
with Uncertainties
by Manuel Boldrer, Vít Krátký, Viktor Walter, Martin Saska
Fully distributed #UAV swarming in forests; no comms, no GPS, just onboard sensors. It works! :)
#swarm
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18840
Communication-less Lloyd-based Algorithm dealing
with Uncertainties
by Manuel Boldrer, Vít Krátký, Viktor Walter, Martin Saska
Fully distributed #UAV swarming in forests; no comms, no GPS, just onboard sensors. It works! :)
#swarm
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18840
arxiv.org
May 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Swarming in the Wild: A Distributed
Communication-less Lloyd-based Algorithm dealing
with Uncertainties
by Manuel Boldrer, Vít Krátký, Viktor Walter, Martin Saska
Fully distributed #UAV swarming in forests; no comms, no GPS, just onboard sensors. It works! :)
#swarm
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18840
Communication-less Lloyd-based Algorithm dealing
with Uncertainties
by Manuel Boldrer, Vít Krátký, Viktor Walter, Martin Saska
Fully distributed #UAV swarming in forests; no comms, no GPS, just onboard sensors. It works! :)
#swarm
arxiv.org/pdf/2504.18840
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Liang Li and team have developed a VR system for fish to decipher how they school. The team uncovered the natural ‘control law’ used by zebrafish to coordinate behavior with others.
@icouzin.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@icouzin.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reverse engineering the control law for schooling in zebrafish using virtual reality
Reverse engineering the control law used by schooling fish provides an effective and robust algorithm for robotic pursuit.
www.science.org
May 2, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Liang Li and team have developed a VR system for fish to decipher how they school. The team uncovered the natural ‘control law’ used by zebrafish to coordinate behavior with others.
@icouzin.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@icouzin.bsky.social @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Excited our #AAMAS2025 paper has been selected as Best Paper Award finalist. It studies on-demand delivery with UAVs that learn their capabilities
🎥 youtu.be/9afhI1pgeI8
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2504.08585
@salahtalamali.bsky.social @genkimiyauchi.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9afhI1pgeI8
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2504.08585
@salahtalamali.bsky.social @genkimiyauchi.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
AAMAS 2025: On-Demand Delivery Using Fleets of Drones with Unknown, Heterogeneous Energy Storage
YouTube video by NaturalRoboticsLab
youtu.be
April 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Excited our #AAMAS2025 paper has been selected as Best Paper Award finalist. It studies on-demand delivery with UAVs that learn their capabilities
🎥 youtu.be/9afhI1pgeI8
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2504.08585
@salahtalamali.bsky.social @genkimiyauchi.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
🎥 youtu.be/9afhI1pgeI8
📄 arxiv.org/abs/2504.08585
@salahtalamali.bsky.social @genkimiyauchi.bsky.social @tuda.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social
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How safe is a swarm of robots? 🤖
Find out at our next AI Happy Hour on Apr 28, where PhD candidate Raina Zakir will explain what swarm robotics are, how they make collective decisions, and how they can safely handle disruptions from malicious agents.
🎟️ Register for your spot here: buff.ly/UVKCpxe
Find out at our next AI Happy Hour on Apr 28, where PhD candidate Raina Zakir will explain what swarm robotics are, how they make collective decisions, and how they can safely handle disruptions from malicious agents.
🎟️ Register for your spot here: buff.ly/UVKCpxe
April 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How safe is a swarm of robots? 🤖
Find out at our next AI Happy Hour on Apr 28, where PhD candidate Raina Zakir will explain what swarm robotics are, how they make collective decisions, and how they can safely handle disruptions from malicious agents.
🎟️ Register for your spot here: buff.ly/UVKCpxe
Find out at our next AI Happy Hour on Apr 28, where PhD candidate Raina Zakir will explain what swarm robotics are, how they make collective decisions, and how they can safely handle disruptions from malicious agents.
🎟️ Register for your spot here: buff.ly/UVKCpxe