Swarmbotics founders grew ‘obsessed with robot swarms’ and now plan to bring them to the battlefield

Published on August 20, 2024

Few truly autonomous systems are deployed on the battlefield, but one startup is looking to change that with robotic systems that use cooperative behavior to boost troops’ intelligence and tactical advantage. Those systems are called “swarms,” and they’re basically collections of autonomous robots that can coordinate their actions. 

Swarm robotics have been the stuff of science fiction, but Swarmbotics AI is emerging from stealth today to bring this vision to reality. The startup is developing an ecosystem of products called ANTS (Attritable, Networked, Tactical Swarm) that could transform battlefield logistics. 

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