Symbrion

{{Primary sources|date=March 2008}}

{{Infobox project

| name = Symbrion

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| image = SymbrionBot.jpg

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| commercial = No

| type = Swarm robotics

| location = European Union

| owner = Funded by the European Commission

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| established = {{Start date|2008}}

| closed = {{End date|2013}}

| current_status = Closed

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Symbrion (Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms) is a project funded by the European Commission between 2008 and 2013 to develop a framework in which a homogeneous swarm of miniature interdependent robots can co-assemble into a larger robotic organism to gain problem-solving momentum.{{Cite news |title=Robots with a mind of their own|publisher=ITV News|date=13 March 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkvpEfAPXn4|access-date=10 August 2023}}{{Cite news |title=Symbrion - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms Project Seeks Self-Building Swarms|publisher=Science 2.0|date=13 March 2008|url=https://www.science20.com/news_releases/symbrion_symbiotic_evolutionary_robot_organisms_project_seeks_self_building_swarms|access-date=10 August 2023}}{{Cite news |title=SYMBRION - Symbiotic Evolutionary Robot Organisms|publisher=Technovelgy|date=16 March 2008|url=http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=1514|access-date=10 August 2023}}

One of the key aspects of Symbrion is inspired by the biological world: an artificial genome that allows storing and evolution of suboptimal configurations in order to increase the speed of adaptation.

The SYMBRION project does not start from zero; previous development and research from projects I-SWARM and the open-source SWARMROBOT serve as a mounting point.{{Cite web |title=Open-source micro-robotic project |url=http://swarmrobot.org/ |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=Jasmine Swarm Robot Platform}} A large part of the developments within Symbrion is open-source and open-hardware.{{Cite web |date=10 August 2010 |title=Robot3D |url=https://launchpad.net/robot3d |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=launchpad.net}}