# The Borg are here!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 19, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467 "2018-05-19T17:16:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Leo\_Krupe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Leo\_Krupe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Krupe)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/1 "2018-05-19T17:16:04Z")

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Not really, but this is an amazing example of robotic swarming.

> **[Tiny Programmable Swarmming Self Assembly Robot Created By Harvard University...](https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/tiny-programmable-swarmming-self-assembly-robot-created-by-harvard-university-15-08-2014/)**
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> Researchers at Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have this week unveiled a new programmable self assembly robot called the Kilobot that is capable of performing actions as one creating shapes

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> Researchers at Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have this week unveiled a new programmable self assembly robot called the Kilobot that is capable of performing actions as one creating shapes.
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> The tiny autonomous Kilobot robots have been designed to arrange themselves into vast complex shapes with commands being sent to the 1024 tiny robots simultaneously using an infrared light.

And note it’s Kilobot, with an O, not Killbot with an L.

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**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/2 "2018-05-19T20:09:50Z")

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Oh goody. We’re skipping straight to the T1000 model.

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**Author:** ![BobBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@BobBitchin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobBitchin)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/3 "2018-05-19T20:25:31Z")

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Lol

Kilobot is one step from kill-O-matic.😃

Will someone please get these scientists a PR firm. I mean really?

If they’re that tone deaf I don’t want to know what their Halloween costumes might be.:eek::smack:

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/4 "2018-05-19T20:28:47Z")

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Don’t worry, we’re fine as long as someone else invents a cute inflatable health care robot to oppose them.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/5 "2018-05-19T20:32:16Z")

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Funny, they don’t look Swedish.

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**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-borg-are-here/814467/6 "2018-05-20T00:39:51Z")

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That piece of news is close to 4 years old. Any more recent news regarding this system?