He halted and looked for the third time at his wrist-watch.
CHICAGO----Inspired by termites, Harvard University researchers have designed a construction crew of tiny robots able to build complicated structures without blueprints or outside intervention.
"It is almost time for you to leave, comrade," he said to Julia. "Wait. The decanter is still half full."
The robots, which took four years to design, are the latest innovation in what computer scientists and robotics researchers call swarm intelligence----a field in which scientists are exploring ways to enable large groups of simple robots or flying drones to collaborate.
He filled the glasses and raised his own glass by the stem.
"Every robot acts independently, but together they will end up building what you want," said team leader Justin Werfel, a staff scientist in bio-inspired robotics at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University who helped demonstrate the robots Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.
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