Watch this video if you just want to see the best part.
And this video if you want the whole story
At first this almost seems silly, but this is probably one of the biggest leaps that has ever happened in robotics history.
Being able to make a bunch of robots perform a bunch of arbitrary tasks, in an arbitrary space, in only 3 days is revolutionary.
Nearly any task, no matter how large can be broken down into small tasks. Computers thrive solely on this fact: that everything can be reduced into a small set of operations.
Consider that a nearly unlimited number of these robots could perform any small task in real physical space for an indefinite period of time.
I could imagine they could shovel a sidewalk clear of snow. Move two by fours. Fasten bolts. Pick apples. Plant seeds. Deliver mail. Clean up trash. Find recyclables in a landfill. Weed nature of invasive species. Stock store shelves. Provide mobile security. Create 3d models of interiors.
Robots will legs and wheels are desperately limited. The air is so very consistent. And the air is easier.
The first simulations video games were made for airplanes because the physics is actually simpler than the physics required to make a car drive.
Kyler
The only limit is the ability to reduce tasks into a very small manageable parts.
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