Mit den Fluxels, einem skalierbaren Schwarm von Bodenrobotern, hat das Ars Electronica Futurelab eine neue Form des visuellen Ausdrucks erfunden. Ausgestattet mit sechseckigen LED-Displays können die Bots über ihre integrierten Bildschirme visuelle Inhalte in eine ästhetische Performance verwandeln.
In the beginning, there was a shared research interest: How can swarm-based technology be embedded in everyday media use and what new possibilities of communication or artistic expression does it offer as a visual medium? The Japanese telecommunications company NTT and the Ars Electronica Futurelab have been investigating these questions since 2017 and have repeatedly…
swarmOS ist ein leistungsfähiges Betriebssystem zur Steuerung großer Schwärme von UAVs (fliegende Drohnen) und UGVs (am Boden fahrende Drohnen), das vom Ars Electronica Futurelab entwickelt und ständig erweitert wird.
Japanese telecommunications giant NTT and the Ars Electronica Futurelab have been working together since 2017 on how to use drones—aka unmanned aerial vehicles—as a means of communication. The Sky Compass project laid the groundwork in 2017; now, Swarm Compass takes this initiative to the next level.
Swarm Arena is the latest outcome of joint research efforts by the Ars Electronica Futurelab and Japanese telecommunications giant NTT. The collaboration started in 2017 with the aim to work on using unmanned aerial or ground vehicles (UAVs and UGVs) as a means of communication.
A collaboration between Japanese telecommunications giant NTT and the Ars Electronica Futurelab, Sky Compass is the first step towards a vision of employing drones (or UAVs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) in public signage, guidance and the facilitation of traffic.