Symbrion

Symbrion
Commercial?No
Type of projectSwarm robotics
LocationEuropean Union
OwnerFunded by the European Commission
Established2008 (2008)
Closed2013 (2013)
StatusClosed

Symbrion (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms) is a project funded by the European Commission between 2008 and 2013 to develop a framework in which a homogeneous swarm of miniature interdependent robots can co-assemble into a larger robotic organism to gain problem-solving momentum.[1][2][3]

One of the key aspects of Symbrion is inspired by the biological world: an artificial genome that allows storing and evolution of suboptimal configurations in order to increase the speed of adaptation.

The SYMBRION project does not start from zero; previous development and research from projects I-SWARM and the open-source SWARMROBOT serve as a mounting point.[4] A large part of the developments within Symbrion is open-source and open-hardware.[5]

Co-operating universities

See also

References

  1. ^ "Robots with a mind of their own". ITV News. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Symbrion - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms Project Seeks Self-Building Swarms". Science 2.0. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  3. ^ "SYMBRION - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms". Technovelgy. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Open-source micro-robotic project". Jasmine Swarm Robot Platform. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Robot3D". launchpad.net. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2023.