Attraction, Dynamics, and Phase Transitions in Fire Ant Tower-Building

Attraction, Dynamics, and Phase Transitions in Fire Ant Tower-Building

Many insect species, and even some vertebrates, assemble their bodies to form multi-functional materials that combine sensing, computation, and actuation. The tower-building behavior of red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, presents a key example of this phenomenon of collective construction....

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Main Authors: Gary K. Nave, Nelson T. Mitchell, Jordan A. Chan Dick, Tyler Schuessler, Joaquin A. Lagarrigue, Orit Peleg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
Subjects:
social insects
agent based modeling (ABM)
self-assembly
phase transition
collective construction
swarms and collective behavior
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2020.00025/full

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