ShadowSwarm
Solar-Powered Shadow Paths That Guide Robot Fleets Through Disaster Zones
When GPS fails and networks go dark, ShadowSwarm deploys solar-powered balloons that cast moving shadow paths—guiding fleets of low-cost wheeled micro-robots through disaster zones to deliver supplies and gather sensor data. A silent, visible command layer that emergency responders can deploy instantly.
The Wow Moment
You watch from a helicopter as 50 tiny robots emerge from the rubble, perfectly synchronized, rolling in formation along a shadow path cast by a silent balloon gliding above—each ant-bot carrying insulin or blood test kits to survivors trapped where no human can reach, all coordinated without a single radio transmission.
Deployment System
1 balloon + 50 ant-bots
Annual Service
Support & maintenance
Pilot Partners
California OES wildfire testing