The physical intelligence of ant and robot collectives
How ants and robots pull-off a prison escape without a plan or a planner
By Leah Burrows | Press contact
December 19, 2022
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS)
[Image] Mahadevan and his team studied real ants and developed parameters and a model to understand the excavation task of the ants. Driven by this understanding and building upon the models, the researchers built robotic ants, nicknamed RAnts. (Credit: Mahadevan Lab/Harvard SEAS)
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- Dynamics of cooperative excavation in ant and robot collectives | eLife, 10.10.2022 https://elifesciences.org/articles/79638
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