Active particles in complex and crowded environments

C Bechinger, R Di Leonardo, H Löwen… - Reviews of modern …, 2016 - APS
Differently from passive Brownian particles, active particles, also known as self-propelled
Brownian particles or microswimmers and nanoswimmers, are capable of taking up energy …

Machine learning for active matter

F Cichos, K Gustavsson, B Mehlig… - Nature Machine …, 2020 - nature.com
The availability of large datasets has boosted the application of machine learning in many
fields and is now starting to shape active-matter research as well. Machine learning …

Swarm robotics: Past, present, and future [point of view]

M Dorigo, G Theraulaz, V Trianni - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Swarm robotics deals with the design, construction, and deployment of large groups of
robots that coordinate and cooperatively solve a problem or perform a task. It takes …

Exploration of underwater life with an acoustically controlled soft robotic fish

RK Katzschmann, J DelPreto, R MacCurdy, D Rus - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Closeup exploration of underwater life requires new forms of interaction, using biomimetic
creatures that are capable of agile swimming maneuvers, equipped with cameras, and …

[BOOK][B] Swarm robotics: A formal approach

H Hamann - 2018 - Springer
My major motivation to think about swarm robotics is the question of how probabilistic local
actions of small robots sum up to rational global patterns shown by the swarm. For the …

Beyond DNA: integrating inclusive inheritance into an extended theory of evolution

É Danchin, A Charmantier, FA Champagne… - Nature reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Many biologists are calling for an'extended evolutionary synthesis' that would'modernize the
modern synthesis' of evolution. Biological information is typically considered as being …

The neuromechanics of animal locomotion: From biology to robotics and back

P Ramdya, AJ Ijspeert - Science Robotics, 2023 - science.org
Robotics and neuroscience are sister disciplines that both aim to understand how agile,
efficient, and robust locomotion can be achieved in autonomous agents. Robotics has …

Swarm intelligence and cyber-physical systems: concepts, challenges and future trends

M Schranz, GA Di Caro, T Schmickl… - Swarm and Evolutionary …, 2021 - Elsevier
Swarm Intelligence (SI) is a popular multi-agent framework that has been originally inspired
by swarm behaviors observed in natural systems, such as ant and bee colonies. In a system …

Sociability as a personality trait in animals: methods, causes and consequences

LA Gartland, JA Firth, KL Laskowski… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Within animal populations there is variation among individuals in their tendency to be social,
where more sociable individuals associate more with other individuals. Consistent inter …

[BOOK][B] Sociality: the behaviour of group-living animals

A Ward, M Webster - 2016 - Springer
Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …