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AdamTReineke on Jan 16, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Watch a swarm of flying robotic drones construct a...

Right, but they're saving travel time. When one drone is flying back to grab a piece, the next drone is lowering a piece into place.

gridspy on Jan 16, 2011 | [–]

Indeed. Because the work IS pipelined

Pickup --> Travel --> Deploy --> Return to pickup

adamsmith on Jan 16, 2011 | [–]

Just like starcraft SCVs!

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