Imagine directing a fleet of drones or ground rovers as easily as holding a conversation. No coding. No steep learning curve. Just plain English (or French, German, Spanish…you name it). Welcome to SwarmChat, our new web-based interface that lets anyone—from robotics newbies to field operators—command robot swarms via natural language.

In today’s fast-moving world, coordinating teams of robots usually requires specialist knowledge and custom code. With SwarmChat, our EU-funded pilot under the UTTER programme, we’ve broken down that barrier—making it possible for anyone to direct and collaborate with swarms of robots using plain speech or text.