Heiko Hamann

Swarm Robotics 🤖, Swarm Intelligence 🐜, Evolutionary Robotics 🧬, Bio-hybrid Systems 🌱🧍‍♀️, Machine Behavior ⚙️🦆

[Claude @claudeai]

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8: it builds on Opus 4.7 with sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer than its predecessors.

Available today at the same price.

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

@WhiteHouse Still following the manual step by step.

https://t.co/Jwe4kg5SXr

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

A new Viewpoint highlights a debate between leading researchers and industry experts at IROS 2025 on whether humanoid robots will replace human workers by 2050. @Ken_Goldberg

Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/T2mGidabAt

[PNAS Nexus @PNASNexus]

The gravitational dynamics that shape entire galaxies, creating tidal arms and bridges, can be reproduced at the millimeter scale by water lenses on a soap film—the vast and slow ballets of space are echoed in miniature on an ephemeral soap bubble: https://t.co/zTJZLmbGT7

[Michael Levin @drmichaellevin]

Awesome new theme issue of Philosophical Transactions:

‘World models in natural and artificial intelligence’

Thank you @adamsafron!

https://t.co/Tzu1OH9Hib

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

An #autonomous underwater vehicle equipped with a new framework can follow sights and sounds to detect and map #biodiversity hotspots in coral reefs. @WHOI
Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/mNiv2IQkAf

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

@ianbremmer Edelweiß could also be a sublime Message 😁
„a statement of Austrian patriotism in the face of the pressure to join the navy of Nazi Germany following the Anschluss. It is also a subliminal goodbye to the beloved homeland“ 🤔

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“I tell the rogues to read, read, read, read, read. Those who read own the world; those who immerse themselves in the internet or watch too much television lose it... Our civilization is suffering profound wounds because of the wholesale abandonment of reading by contemporary society.”

— Werner Herzog

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

@GiseopK thank you so much!

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

#ICRA2026 Many thanks, this is what I would expect from IEEE.

[Giseop Kim @GiseopK]

ICRA 2026 Paper Explorer

🌐 Live demo: https://t.co/h7KG5b2wlD

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

@emilaryd Does this also apply to incapable human supervisors?

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

@MATLAB No, don't even think about it!

[Google for Developers @googledevs]

Gemma 4: Now up to 3x Faster. ⚡

Same quality, way more speed. Our new MTP drafters allow Gemma 4 to predict multiple tokens at once, effectively tripling your output speed without compromising intelligence.

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

A new Science #Robotics Editorial discusses April's Special Issue and highlights the promise of foundation models for transfer learning across robots and tasks, while acknowledging the need for safety guardrails as models become more powerful. https://t.co/CIja4gAqHT

[Science Robotics @SciRobotics]

A new Viewpoint discusses how onboard foundation models could revolutionize robot swarms by making them more adaptable and enhancing communication during real-world applications. @volkerstrob @IRIDIA_ULB

Learn more in Science #Robotics: https://t.co/VCOZ6sAKOa

[Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600]

Big change! More US Americans now move to Europe than Europeans to the US. Only 20 years ago the ratio was 4:1. We can make educated guesses regarding the political leaning of the voters leaving the US. This chart might be embarrassing for MAGA but it works in their favour. HT @benbawan

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

https://t.co/FEzP2CQ6W4

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

The 2nd edition of my book
Swarm Robotics: A Formal Approach
will appear on May 3

437 pages on how large-scale robot systems can be designed, modeled, and understood

Many thanks to everyone whose discussions and feedback helped shape this new edition.

#SwarmRobotics #Robotics

[Heiko Hamann @SwarmDynamics]

https://t.co/7jkfZhOxlG