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| Symbrion | |
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| Commercial? | No |
| Type of project | Swarm robotics |
| Location | European Union |
| Owner | Funded by theEuropean Commission |
| Established | 2008 (2008) |
| Closed | 2013 (2013) |
| Status | Closed |
Symbrion (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms) is a project funded by theEuropean Commission between 2008 and 2013 to develop a framework in which a homogeneousswarm of miniature interdependentrobots can co-assemble into a larger robotic organism to gain problem-solving momentum.[1][2][3]
One of the key aspects of Symbrion is inspired by the biological world: an artificialgenome 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 theopen-source SWARMROBOT serve as a mounting point.[4] A large part of the developments within Symbrion is open-source and open-hardware.[5]
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