Do bugs inspire robotics?

Dubbed the symbrion project the idea was generated from social networking bugs. The symbrion project mimics the idea of social networking found in some bug species: this has led to the assumption that maybe if they mimic this behaviour in robotics, they could possibly have many simple robots working together in such a way that it would create a collective intelligence greater than the sum of the components it’s made up of. Many scientists are crossing their fingers as the research involves a few “wait and see” techniques. If all is successful Winfield thinks that such intelligent swarms could even assemble into virtual doubles of people.