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Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to review some of the various worldwide projects to develop and apply innovative swarm-type robots to many challenging applications.
Design/methodology/approach
– An in-depth review of published information and interviews with researchers and developers of swarm robot technology were conducted.
Findings
– Swarm robots continue to be developed to match an ever-increasing number of interesting and innovative applications.
Practical implications
– Readers may be very surprised at the tasks that autonomous swarm robots can address and the developments that are underway to further extend the abilities of swarm robots.
Originality/value
– This paper is a review of a wide range of the latest swarm robot developments, innovations and applications.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2014
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