Wired NEXT Fest 2015

The DICE project is featured at the forthcoming Wired NEXT Fest 2015, May the 22-24 in Milan, Italy.

The Wired Next Fest is a festival dedicated to science and technological innovation, politics and culture, and is organised by the Italian branch of the world-famous Wired magazine.

During this three-days event, live demonstrations with both kilobots and people will demonstrate the power of collective behaviours emerging from simple rules.

Additionally, a keynote talk will be given by Dr. Vito Trianni on Sunday, May the 24th, with the title Robotics, super-organisms and collective intelligence. Here’s the abstract of the presentation.

“Seen from afar, a bird flock appears as a mutable and fascinating body. A super-organism composed of thousands of birds perfectly coordinated in their movements, and capable of complex collective responses resulting from the cooperation among birds. Starting from insights on the collective intelligence displayed by bird flocks, bee swarms and ant colonies, a new generation of robots is getting ready to leave the research labs and enter our everyday lives. This talk will discuss the state of the art and the perspectives of the swarm robotics research domain.”

Here’s where you can meet us:
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale
Giardini Indro Montanelli
Corso Venezia, 55, Milano
MM Palestro