Swarm of microrobots optimally mobilizes its forces

https://www.exc.uni-konstanz.de/collective-behaviour/news-and-events/news/details/microrobots-and-the-lazy-agent-problem/

"identifying/ rewarding individual efforts where swarms of tiny robots propelled by laser spots work together performing complex tasks... machine learning algorithm and method estimating each microrobot’s contribution, preventing lazy agent problem... counterfactual rewards precisely control each microrobot’s behavior, giving swarm indicators learning to make better distribution of forces on its own... applicable in any collective system... medicine, environmental monitoring"

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