Harvard researchers have developed tiny, termite-inspired robots that can construct complex structures without any supervision using a form of "group intelligence." The TERMES system was developed by engineers at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard. It is based on the concept of stigmergy, a process in which parts of a system communicate with each other by changing and sensing the environment, just like bees operate when building a hive.
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