You probably have seen dozens of scenes in sci-fi, futuristic films depicting little robots -- like the tiny spy-bots zipping around in The Matrix, searching for Neo, Morpheus, and Trinity. Well, the future is now.
Computer scientists at Harvard have created a "swarm" of more than one thousand little robots that collaborate to form symbols or patterns similar to the way stars cluster in the sky or ants work together to accomplish tasks or cells interact in a human body.
Once directed, the bots are self-assembling and autonomous. They fix problems and correct their mistakes to accomplish their goal. As they work, they are self-organizing and operate without human intervention. In a catchy demonstration, the bots swarm like bees to form letters of the alphabet and shapes such as stars.
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