Extending robot minds through collective learning.

The current trend toward generalist robot behaviors with monolithic artificial intelligence (AI) models is unsustainable. I advocate for a paradigm shift that embraces distributed architectures for collective robotic intelligence. A modular "mixture-of-robots" approach with specialized interdependent components can achieve superlinear gains, offering benefits in scalability, adaptability, and learning complex interactive skills.

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Apollo (University of Cambridge)
Published
2025-09-24
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https://doi.org/10.17863/cam.126522
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Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
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Extending robot minds through collective learning.

Amanda Prorok
Apollo (University of Cambridge)
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
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Extending robot minds through collective learning.

Amanda Prorok
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Abstract

The current trend toward generalist robot behaviors with monolithic artificial intelligence (AI) models is unsustainable. I advocate for a paradigm shift that embraces distributed architectures for collective robotic intelligence. A modular "mixture-of-robots" approach with specialized interdependent components can achieve superlinear gains, offering benefits in scalability, adaptability, and learning complex interactive skills.

Apollo (University of Cambridge)
Openalex Percentile: Top 39%
Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence
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Extending robot minds through collective learning. — Amanda Prorok · Apollo (University of Cambridge) (2025) | TGRS Research Map | TGRS