Spontaneous Robot Dances Highlight a New Kind of Order in Active Matter
Georgia Institute of Technology via Phys.org | 12/31/20When a swarm of smarticles is made to interact in a confined space, they form stunningly symmetric dances whose choreography emerges spontaneously from the physics of low rattling.
“Smarticles”?
“Robot Dances”?
It certainly rattled me…
Dancing of any kind makes me nervous, in case I’m called upon to join in.
Does it have a good beat?
Just asking.
For Dick Clark.
They’ve described bureaucrats. Trapped in a low-energy state of endless reorgs but no useful output.