Increasing strength of a robotic structure using swarm robot(s)

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable and/or executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

• identify, by the computer, a load that will be applied to a robotic structure;
• determine, by the computer, whether the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed a structural threshold of the robotic structure;
• in response to determining that the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed the structural threshold, determine, by the computer, a position of one or more swarm robots with respect to the robotic structure that would increase a structural strength of the robotic structure;
• cause, by the computer, the one or more swarm robots to assume the determined position;
• and
• in response to a determination that a current load applied to the robotic structure has been reduced:
• causing a determined one or more swarm robots to detach from the robotic structure.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor, the logic being configured to:
• identify a load that will be applied to a robotic structure;
• determine whether the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed a structural threshold of the robotic structure;
• in response to determining that the load, when applied to the robotic structure, would exceed the structural threshold, determine a position of one or more swarm robots with respect to the robotic structure that would increase a structural strength of the robotic structure;
• cause the one or more swarm robots to assume the determined position,
• wherein an area moment of inertia of the robotic structure is increased as a result of the one or more swarm robots assuming the determined position.