A Set of Swarmies – NASA’s Latest Exploration Robots.

NASA has established its first Swarmie group of robots which are quite similar to the accessory of children. People are unable to regard it as a powerful exploration robot since it is rather small and full of colors.
It is the most smaller NASA’s exploration searchers up till now. It has nothing similar to any complicated scientific tool other than a Wi-Fi antenna, a GPS system and a webcam. Every Swarmie is linked with the other through a specialized software which was developed at the Kennedy Space Center. A scientist can guide the Swarmies to expand all over the surface in order to look for a particular material. If any Swarmie discover something it can immediately send signal through radio communications to other robots. It is a kind of indication for other Swarmies to begin a larger search.

Undoubtedly, they work like wheeled robotic ants.

Kurt Leucht, an engineer of this project stated that earlier people were believed that casting as much smarts and capabilities in one robot is very utilitarian. Now they understand that they can form a set of smaller robots that can function like a team and accomplish a task. Even if one of them turn over and die then there are others which can complete the mission.

Presently, the Swarmies are in their emerging phase since engineers are trying them in the parking lots of Kennedy’s Launch Control Center. In that parking lot their aim is to hunt for barcode-labeled papers. Once they accomplish this stage, then the engineers will present RASSOR. RASSOR is a mining robot specially planned to explore alien planets for scientifically valuable materials.

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