swarmOS

  • Space Ink

    Space Ink

    Three-Dimensional Drawings With Drones

    What if we can draw in any space with a pen? This question is at the heart of Space Ink, where tablets and drones are brought together to create large-scale works in three-dimensional space using light and color.

  • Fluxels

    Fluxels

    Choreographed swarm of ground robots as a medium of art

    Fluxels is a play on words inspired by an association of Spaxels, “Fluxus” and the aesthetic quality of swift, fluid movement. It is the name for a ground robot platform developed in the Ars Electronica Futurelab, conceived for swarm bot performances as part of a collaboration with NTT.

  • Swarm Arena

    Swarm Arena

    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.

  • Spaxels

    Spaxels

    Drone shows and swarm art performances

    In September 2012, a new medium for physical-visual expression was born along the banks of the river Danube in Linz: The world’s first large-scale outdoor formation drone flight illuminated the night sky as part and centerpiece of the open-air music festival Klangwolke.