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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2020-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Robotics and AI |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2020.00025/full |