Dimitris Pados of FAU has received $1 million from the NSF to develop the first networked, cooperating robots that will be able to execute tasks as a team. Pados is creating a millimeter-wave connected platform that will allow the robots to communicate with one another.

“Our five testbed robots will be able to communicate at ultra-high speeds of gigabits per second by forming and directing ‘beams’ toward each other that also will enable them to see through objects as needed. They will see, so to speak, what the other robots are sensing in real-time,” said Pados.

• Dimitris Pados