Latest buzz words in science: Robot swarms (usatoday.com)
Going back over the archives from an old site of mine, I found this interesting geek-related article from 2005:
Latest buzz words in science: Robot swarms (usatoday.com):
"Robotmakers find inspiration for their programs in nature: the behavior of bee, ant, and wasp colonies, as well as of flocks of birds and schools of fish. Ants, for example, communicate by leaving pheromone trails that other ants can follow to food. Ants also work as teams to distribute their workload, such as finding the most efficient paths for foraging or deciding who will haul bits of leaves back to the nest, without needing any directions from a leader."
Latest buzz words in science: Robot swarms (usatoday.com):
"Robotmakers find inspiration for their programs in nature: the behavior of bee, ant, and wasp colonies, as well as of flocks of birds and schools of fish. Ants, for example, communicate by leaving pheromone trails that other ants can follow to food. Ants also work as teams to distribute their workload, such as finding the most efficient paths for foraging or deciding who will haul bits of leaves back to the nest, without needing any directions from a leader."
Labels: complexity, robotics
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