Swarms of autonomous robot bees could be enlisted to help fertilise crops and wildflowers, assisting the dwindling natural bee population.

Quorum sensing can also be used to coordinate the behavior of autonomous robot swarms.

Yet truly autonomous robots have been little more than unreliable gimmicks.

Classes are further divided into remote-controlled and autonomous robots.

With the advances of artificial intelligence, the autonomous robots could eventually have more proactive behaviors, planning their motion in complex unknown environments.