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Wiggling Robots Solve the Traffic Jam Problem!

Thursday 16 April 2026 β€’ScienceDaily
Wiggling Robots Solve the Traffic Jam Problem!

Photo: Loris Boulinguez / Unsplash

Scientists at Harvard University discovered that robot swarms get stuck when too many try to move in perfectly straight lines, like bumper cars in a traffic jam. But here's the cool part: when they programmed the robots to wiggle and move randomly instead, they could slip past each other and work much faster! Now imagine armies of robots that can work together smoothly by doing a little robot dance.
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