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Inspired by: FP7 » Robot Swarm Intelligence

version: 2 / updated: 2009-11-30
id: #442 / version id: #60
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Originally submitted by: Cornelia Daheim
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Source of inspiration

European Commission Framework Programme for RTD (FP7)

Theme/activity of inspiration

IDEAS: Interdisciplinary

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)

Robot Swarm Intelligence

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)

Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)

Enhanced research on robot swarm intelligence might soon allow robots to communicate and build a system. Cooperation is organized, self-dynamic, and self-contained by intelligent robots.

Keywords

robots, intelligence, system building, robot swarm, self-organisation

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...

	issue	type of issue/development	potential impact on society	timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1	WI: Robot swarm intelligence is widely introduced, e.g. in agriculture or manufacturing companies, and replaces a vast number of employees. Additionally robots develop an independent existence and develop unexpected behaviours as attacking human workers.	new/emerging	neutral	never

Under what assumption the Weak Signal might evolve.

new focus is set on research in AI and robotics

Importance

		please specify
	please select	please specify
Level 2: important for a particular world region		world regions doing research in this field

Progress: 39.58% WWI-WE Version: 2
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