| Symbrion | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Commercial? | No |
| Type of project | Swarm robotics |
| Location | European Union |
| Owner | Funded by the European Commission |
| Established | 2008 (2008) |
| Closed | 2013 (2013) |
| Status | Closed |
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.123
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
- University of Stuttgart, Germany (Coordination)
- University of Graz, Austria
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
- University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
- Flanders Institute of Biotechnology, Belgium
- University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
- University of Tübingen, Germany
- University of York, UK
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
- National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology, France
- Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic
References
References
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- "Symbrion - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms Project Seeks Self-Building Swarms". Science 2.0. 13 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "SYMBRION - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms". Technovelgy. 16 March 2008. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "Open-source micro-robotic project". Jasmine Swarm Robot Platform. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- "Robot3D". launchpad.net. 10 August 2010. Retrieved 10 August 2023.