B&B Electronics’ CEO discusses SWARM intelligence at forum

“Machines have been talking to machines for decades, but IoT technologies have inserted more intelligence - and more complexity - into the conversation,” said O’Gorman. He will discuss methods for efficiently, reliably operating wireless sensor networks in remote, demanding IoT environments, including deploying intelligence at the network edge, SWARM intelligence, power management techniques and self-forming, self-healing, self-sustaining and scalable wireless mesh network technology.

O’Gorman used ant, bee and termite behaviour to explain SWARM intelligence. Complicated nests are built, food is collected and stored, enemies are fended off, and the queen is protected, all by creatures that have virtually no individual intelligence. By following their simple rule sets, their collective behavior adds up to intelligence. “Translating this concept to robotics, computing or WSNs, expendable, not very intelligent devices could accomplish sophisticated tasks by following simple rule sets and working in groups,” explained O’Gorman.

O’Gorman was also tapped to participate on a panel, ‘Establishing an IoT strategy for telecomm operators’, at Total Telecom Festival’s IoT Awards event taking place from 2^nd to 3^rd December 2014 in London. Moderated by Machina Research’s Director Matt Hatton, the panel, including fellow panelists from Tweakker and Eurotech, will be held at 2.15pm on 2^nd December.