Exhibitions

The “Swarm Wall” (Michael Theodore) at the CU art museum during summer 2012.

• “Endo-Exo” designed by Michael Theodore is exhibited at David B. Smith’s gallery in Denver, CO from May to June 2013.
• The “Swarm Wall”  designed by Michael Theodore is exhibited in CU’s Art Museum for one month from June to July 2012.
• The inspection experiment was featured 10 days long running 20 robots for 10 hours a day at an exhibition “Consciences a l’oeuvre” taking place in a local museum in Lausanne during the swiss wide festival Science et Cite 2005, organized every four years by the Swiss government.

Print

• CU Boulder finds room to grow in space, 30 years after initiative’s launch, by Charlie Brennan, The Daily Camera, September 19, 2014.
• Carroll: The future is brighter than you may think, by Vincent Carroll, The Denver Post, June 6, 2014.
• Next-Generation Robots Offer Sophisticated Mobility, Manipulation, and Sensing Capabilities, by John Edwards, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, September, 2013.
• Robotic gardens will aid deep space missions, Spaceport News by Bob Granath, July 12, 2013.
• Roboter im Schwarm: Der Automat als Herdentier, Neue Zuercher Zeitung by Helga Rietz, June 26, 2013.
• Menu for Mars, CU Engineering Magazine, April 2013.
• The ‘ping pong ball’ robots that could soon be gardening on Mars (and they could even build us a space station there) by Mark Prigg, The Daily Mail, 12/17/2012.
• Artist Michael Theodore trains computers to assist in creative process by Q. Young and L. Poole, The Daily Camera, 06/21/2012
• CU Boulder Team to work on space food project by B. Anas, The Daily Camera, 06/04/2012.
• CU Boulder ‘Swarm Wall’ the product of art, robotics by B. Anas, The Daily Camera, 06/01/2012.

Swarm robotics at the 2005 “Science et Cite” exhibition in Lausanne, Switzerland.

• Robots Create Multiple Paths for Student Learning by C. Rowe, CU Engineering, May, 2011.
• Agricultural Robots – Fields of automation, The Economist, December, 2009.
• 3 New Farm Bots Programmed to Pick, Plant, and Drive by Erik Sofge, Popular Mechanics, September, 2009.

• Robogardner by MIT News Staff, MIT Technology Review, May/June, 2009.
• Hackers Weigh In: 8 Big Things to Do with a Mini Server by Christoper Mims, Scientific American, April 28, 2009.
• MIT branches out with more than a garden-variety robot, by Renee Nadau, The Boston Herald, April 11, 2009.
• I, robot – and gardener: MIT droid tend plants, by Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press, April 10, 2009. Syndicated more than 160 times and appeared in USA Today, Forbes, and Washington Post as well as in Austria (Der Gärtner mit dem Greifarm), China ([图片]麻省理工学院研制的园丁机器人), Germany (Der grüne Daumen wird elektronisch),The Netherlands (Robot als tuinman) and Mexico (Atiende a las plantas robot jardinero) among others.
• Garden variety, MIT TechTalk, March 18, 2009.
  

  The distributed robotic garden in MIT Technology review.

• In an Age of Robots, One to Clean the House? Still but a Dream, by Natalie Angier. New York Times, November 24, 2008.
• Swarm Theory, by Peter Miller. National Geographic, July 2007, Washington, DC, USA.
• New SWIS Army – Developing collective intelligence, by Bill Weaver. Scientific Computing, Vol. 23, Number 8, page 14, July 2006, Advantage Business Media, Rockaway, NJ, USA.
• L’intelligence collective des robots, Sciensationnel, No. 5. EPFL outreaching magazine for young scientists.

Radio

• Tiny Robots Swarm in Boulder, Interview on Colorado Public Radio Colorado Matters with Dustin Reishus by Shanna Lewis, January 3, 2013.
• Boulder is for Robotics, Interview in How on Earth, the KGNU Science Show by Tom McKinnon, February 15, 2012.
• BBC Radio 5 Live, Interview, April 14, 2009.

Film and Television

• Robots are taking over the garden, by L. Clarizio, The American Institute of Physicsand Ivanhoe Productions, broadcasted as a segment of Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science on TV stations throughout the US
• Robot Gardener Plants, Tends and Harvests, by Eric Bland, Discovery Channel News, April 8, 2009.
• R U Robot Ready?, Mevio Tech News, March 11, 2009.
• Super-Cockroach, by Pascal Cuissot and Benjamin Turquet, 52min. International broadcast in various broad-public scientific programmings.
• Les robots cherchent la petite bête, by Emmanuelle Jacquet, 2006. 5min, Tele Suisse Romande/ Nuovo. Public broadcast in Switzerland and Belgium (TV5).
• “Alice au pays des cafards / Wenn Kakerlaken Freunde werden”, by Jean-Pierre Gibrat, 2006. 52min, Trans Europe Film, ARTE France/Germany, CNRS Images/Media.

Online / Print

• Help build a 1,000-strong robot swarm by Oliva Solon, May 19, 2014.
• Could Swarms Of Tiny Disposable Robots Soon Act As Cleaning Agents For Oil Spills? These Researchers Think So by Tech Light, Inventorspot.com, May 10, 2014.
• A Thousand of These ‘Droplet’ Robots Will Test Swarm Algorithms by Dj Pangburn, Vice.com, May 9, 2014.
• Boulder swarm effort turns to crowdfunding for Droplet mobile robots by Nancy Owano, phys.org, May 8, 2014.
• UC-Boulder Launches Crowdfunding Campaign For “Swarming” Robots by Samantha Hurst, Crowdfund Insider, May 8, 2014.
• The University Of Colorado Boulder Is Building 1,000 Swarming Robots That Never Need To Be Recharged by Dylan Love, Business Insider, May 8, 2014.
• Researchers Want to Build Swarm of 1000 Droplet Robots by Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, May 7, 2014.
• University Students Demonstrate Robotic Gardening System by Bob Granath, NASA, syndicated on AstroWacth.net and RedOrbit.Com, July 8, 2013.
• Wearable technology: The bra designed to shock attackers by Fiona Graham, BBC News, April 15, 2013.
• Video: Robotic Droplets will assemble Satellites by Ann R. Thryft, Design News, February 28, 2013.
• Robotic Droplets form ‘Liquid that can Think’, Robotic Trends, December 19, 2012.
• Schwarmrobotik: Droplets bilden denkende Fluessigkeit, golem.de, December 18, 2012.
• Roboti misle kao jedan i u roju će graditi nastambe na Marsu by John Hruškovec, 24Sata, December 19, 2012.
• Ping-pong ball-sized Droplets robots by swarming together by Jason Falconer, gizmag.com, December 18, 2012.
• These Tiny Robots Can Self-Assemble Into Different Shapes by Eric Larson, mashable.com, December 18, 2012.
• Droplet robots to the rescue by Edwin Kee, ubergizmo.com, December 18, 2012.
• Desarrollan “enjambre” de mini-robots para copar otros planetas, El Dia, December 18, 2012.
• Cientistas criam “líquido que pensa”: miniexército de robôs capazes de fazer tarefas complexas by Guilherme de Souza, December 17, 2012.
• Crean un enjambre de pequeños robots que funciona como un “líquido pensante” by Yaiza Martínez, Tendencias 21, December 18, 2012.
• 科学家发明群体执行力极强机器人 仅乒乓球大小, CNTV.cn, December 18, 2012.
• Swarm of tiny robots form ‘liquid that thinks’ by Olivia Solon, Wired (UK), December 18, 2012.
• Nanomorphs: Thinking Droplets Created, The Daily Star, December 18, 2012.
• Ping Pong Ball-Sized Robots Can Swarm Together To Form A Smart Liquid by Rebecca Boyle, Popular Science, December 18, 2012.
• Swarms of Tiny Futuristic Robots to Create “Liquid that Thinks and Colonize Space, The Daily Galaxy, December 17, 2012.
• Wordt de nanomorph uit Terminator-film werkelijkheid? by Caroline Kraaijvanger, Scientas.nl, December 17, 2012.
• Новое исследование коллективного поведения распределенных роботизированных систем, KO, December 17, 2012.
• Tiny “ping-pong” ball-sized robots to sense danger, BusinessStandard.com, December 16, 2012.
• Researchers creating team of pingpong-ball-sized robots, Phys.org, December 14, 2012.
• Ping-Pong Sized Robots Could Collaborate On Major Projects, RedOrbit.com, December 15, 2012.
• Tiny robots may think as a group by United Press International, December 14, 2012, syndicated on SpaceDaily, Hispanic Business and others.
• ‘Liquid That Thinks:’ Swarm of Ping-Pong-Ball-Sized Robots Created, sciencedaily.com, December 14, 2012.
• CU-Boulder team develops swarm of pingpong ball-sized robots, CU Daily News, December 14, 2012.
• Five Questions for Nikolaus Correll by Cynthia Pasquale, CU Connections, September 6, 2012.
• 米国：周囲の音を感じるドレス, September 3, 2012.
• Sexy Microphone Dress Doubles as Hearing Aid by Alyssa Danigelis, DiscoveryNews, August 31, 2012.
• Fashionable Flutter dress lets wearer “feel” the sound by Asmita Prasad, Gizmowatch.com, August 31, 2012.
• Flutter is a dress that doubles as a hearing aid by Hazel Chua, Technabob.com, August 30, 2012.
• Flutter το φόρεμα για ανθρώπους με πρόβλημα στην ακοή τους, TheGreeksEnergy.com, August 29, 2012.
• Flutter dress comes with built-in microphones to let the hearing impaired “feel” their surroundings by Tyler Lee, Ubergizmo.com, August 29, 2012.
• Flutter – Functional Garment for the Hearing Impaired – way sexier than hearing aids by Troy Turner, Yanko Design, August 29, 2012.
• Flutter dress by Halley Profita helps the deaf to sense the environment by Jack Evan, PcGerms.com, August 29, 2012.
• Flutter: Hörhilfe-Hemd informiert über Tonsignale und deren Richtung by Bianca Appelmann, Techfieber.de, August 21, 2012.
• Flutter Fusion of Textile and Robotics by Ujagar Singh, Gizfactory.com, August 3, 2012.
• FLUTTER – Makes you feel your surroundings, RoundedOff.com, August 2, 2012.
• Altius Space Machines Signs Contract For the DARPA Phoenix Technologies Program, SpaceRef.com, July 30, 2012.
• Flutter dress brings high fashion to the hearing impaired, CrunchWear.com, July 28, 2012.
• CU-Boulder students engineering deep space gardening system by Betsy Lynch, InnovationNews.com, July 2, 2012.
• Future deep space missions could have robotic vegetable garden by Kevin Lee, PCworld.com, June 13, 2012.
• NASA’s robo-garden is a terra-forming trifecta by Andrew Tarantola, Gizmodo.com, June 13, 2012.
• CU-Boulder students to help NASA develop plant food production for deep space, Space Travel, June 7, 2012.
• NASA Habitat Competition Looks For Bioregenerative Space Greenhouses by Rebecca Boyle, Popular Science, June 6, 2012
• CU students to help NASA develop astronaut food, Phys.org, June 6, 2012.
• CU Boulder Team develops robotic `Swarm Wall’ by Nick Gilbert, Azorobotics.com, June 1, 2012.
• A review of the Top-10 Robots of 2009 by Keith Kleiner, December 22, 2009.
• The Robot Gardener that Plants, Tends and Harvests, Amog.com, September 17, 2009.
• VIDEO: Tiny robot swarms pioneer engine maintenance by Aimee Turner, Flight Global, May 8, 2009.
• MIT and the Constant Robotic Gardeners by Aaron Saenz, Singularity Hub, April 14, 2009.
• Robot làm vườn by Trùng Quang, Thanh Nien Online, April 12, 2009.
• В Массачусетском технологическом институте разрабатывают полностью автономную роботизированную теплицу March 23, ITC, Ukrainia.
• Roboter-Gärtner überwachen Pflanzen vollautomatisch, Die Presse.com, March 23, 2009.
• Robot gardeners by David Pescovitz, March 31, 2009, boingboing.net.
• Green-thumbed robots: the future of sustainable precision agriculture?, March 26, 2009, gizmag.com.
• Robots Help Garden Thrive, Converge Magazine, March 23, 2009.
• MIT Students Develop Robotic Gardeners by Georgiana Boblicu, Softpedia.com, March 23, 2009.
• MIT dreams of fully autonomous greenhouse, will definitly make it happen, by Darren Murph, engadget.com, March 22, 2009.
• Robots Care for Plants (By Peeing on Them) by Wilson Rothman, Gizmodo.com, March 20, 2009.
• Precision agriculture uses robot gardeners for sustainable farming, by Bryan Betts, The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), March 19, 2009.
• Robotic Gardeners Tend To Tomato Plants, Ubergizmo.com, March 11, 2009.
• Robotic gardening: MIT course creates robot-tending tomatoes, gadgetted.com, March 19, 2009.
• MIT researchers grow tomato gardening robots, Network World, March 19, 2009.
• Here’s what’s awesome: robot gardeners, by Brady Carlson, New Hampshire Public Radio, March 15, 2009.
• MIT開發的機器人園丁來也 by Peivan and Matt Hickey, taiwan.cnet.com, March 13, 2009.
• MIT creates robots that serve as gardeners by Doug Osborne, www.geek.com, March 12, 2009.
• Attack of the killer robo-gardeners, by Matt Hickey, CNET news, March 12, 2009.
• Robot gardeners to do more gentle picking and gardening, TechFever Network, March 12, 2009.
• MIT introduces networked plants tended by robot gardeners by S. Kramer, DVICE.com, March 11, 2009.
• Robotic gardeners tend tomato plants by Conner Flynn, Slippery Brick, March 11, 2009.
• MIT gardening robot leaves nothing to do for farmers, Gadget Reviews, March 11, 2009.
• Is our Future Filled with Robotic Farmers Tending to Sensor-Equipped Vegetables?, by Ariel Schwartz, Fast Company, March 11, 2009.
• Robot tend the tomatoes by Judy Lowe, The Christian Science Monitor, March 11, 2009.
• Robotic gardening: MIT course creates robot-tending tomatoes , March 10, 2009, physorg.com.
• New Software Tracks Swarms of Insects or Robots by Bill Christensen, September 30, 2006, Livescience.com