Do ants need to estimate the geometrical properties of trail bifurcations to find an efficient route? A swarm robotics test bed.

Interactions between individuals and the structure of their environment play a crucial role in shaping self-organized collective behaviors. Recent studies have shown that ants crossing asymmetrical bifurcations in a network of galleries tend to follow the branch that deviates the least from their in...

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Main Authors: Simon Garnier, Maud Combe, Christian Jost, Guy Theraulaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3610605?pdf=render