Will SWARMS of smart surveillance ships soon spy from the sea?

Engineers are harnessing'swarm robotics' to teach intelligent robots how to cooperate during naval missions. The researchers in Portugal have demonstrated how a small fleet of self-learning robot boats can'think' for themselves, to work together on surveillance and other missions. Each robot is made from materials costing roughly $330, and operates with a neural network to create individual behaviours similar to those in a flock of birds. Engineers are harnessing'swarm robotics' to teach intelligent robots how to cooperate during naval missions. The researchers in Portugal have demonstrated how a small fleet of self-learning robot boats can'think' for themselves, to work together The robotic swarms work like a school of fish, or flock of birds.