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| Bots which is a big hit with viewers and draws crowds | | | | ground robots created for Battle Bot RoboWars. are |
| as big as WFB Wrestling. Many of these people get | | | | hundreds of people thinking about these things day and |
| heavy into the Robot Scene and even occasionally try | | | | night all with ideas and trying to better each others |
| to impress Military People. Check out some of these | | | | efforts and this competition is helping the speed of |
| Super Heavy Weight Battle Bots, every type of | | | | evolution of this technology. you study African Fire |
| configuration available. I find most interesting to these | | | | ants working together when attacking a larger prey. If |
| battle bot groups is that they are literally practicing | | | | you think about it there are thousands of species |
| warfare at a micro-level, using flanking maneuvers, | | | | probably 20,000 species, we have categorized about |
| military strategy, modern day theories, and theories of | | | | 10,000 so far. 20,000 species of ants and they are |
| nature and hunting. Why are these groups important? | | | | niche specialists and if you weigh them out, they weigh |
| Well for one we have seen them as we have seen | | | | the same amount as the 6.6 Billion people in the world. |
| those who play computer games such as | | | | Using an ant concept with an exo-skeleton you have |
| Mech-Warrior and others become as smart at tactics | | | | the basic idea for a Mother Ship Robot, which carries |
| as those being trained in military history strategy and | | | | smaller robots for important purposes. And really if you |
| tactics at West point.When we discuss the use of | | | | take an evasion craft of the Normandy Invasion and |
| swarms in battle, we often think of animals, bees, | | | | put in many Fighters with Kevlar and helmet, is that not |
| wasps, etc. I think of UAV swarms and taking this to | | | | the same concept? Fictionists have forever been |
| another level these Battle Bots also have been | | | | developers of such ideas, but in real life we must also |
| messing around with such ideas, recreating science | | | | deal with motion and therefore we have to make sure |
| fiction movies genres and using some pretty interesting | | | | that these little robots as well as the mothership has |
| calculations and ideas to justify their ideas. We must | | | | the proper motor, gearing, batteries, speed controllers, |
| consider both offense and defensive ideas on this | | | | fuel, weapons systems. are not the only ones working |
| theme. Now we are already on the scene with our | | | | on robots, so are the Japanese and these items are |
| DARPA to build swarm ability UAVs. UAV costs for | | | | getting very small as in Nano Size and will some day |
| military operations. AeroVironment WASP and the | | | | go in and attack cancer cells. Here are some of the |
| hobbyist; the Q-Butterfly. You might want to google | | | | smallest robots being developed: .Ants use a chemical |
| both of those items to learn more.Should we use the | | | | communication system, which seems to be superior to |
| same defenses we use on insect swarms for possible | | | | human communication. Wasps and ants are of the |
| defense on UAV swarms? Well here are some of the | | | | same basic genome. By detecting smells and odors |
| things we do to prevent swarms in insects: Killing of | | | | and CO2 they are able to home in on targets and give |
| Q-Fly and uses of DDT can give us insight as to the | | | | off chemicals to get other ants to follow their |
| level of problem West Nile really is, to eradicate it | | | | instructions. All colonies smell the same and other |
| completely is a huge issue. have had some success | | | | colonies do not smell the same. |