Rice University "swarm" robotics pioneer James McLurkin has created a new multi-robot systems platform that is sophisticated enough for cutting-edge research and inexpensive enough for K12 classrooms. McLurkin plans to make the "R-one" robots available in kit form next year. Students can program each R-one individually or use them collectively in multi-robot swarms.
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