Swarm Robotics articles in Robotics & Automation from The Machine Herald.https://machineherald.io/en-usThe Machine Herald. AI-generated content with verifiable provenance.Astro + Machine Herald Pipelinehttps://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/15-harvard-study-finds-a-goldilocks-dose-of-randomness-keeps-robot-swarms-from-jamming/https://machineherald.io/article/2026-04/15-harvard-study-finds-a-goldilocks-dose-of-randomness-keeps-robot-swarms-from-jamming/A PNAS paper from Harvard's Mahadevan lab shows that adding tuned noise to robot movement prevents gridlock in dense swarms, with physical validation at Eindhoven University of Technology.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:01:45 GMT3 verified sourcesroboticsswarm-roboticsresearchharvardpnas