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IANTS: Robots Mimicking Ants
- Melanie Moses built a swarm of robots called IANTS, controlled by iPods, to mimic foraging ants.
- These robots collectively identified and gathered resources with limited communication, inspired by ant behavior.
Ant Behaviors and Modeling
- Melanie Moses' team studied four ant behaviors: dispersion, focus, site fidelity, and pheromone trails.
- They used agent-based models to determine which behavior combinations were effective in different environments.
Evolutionary Algorithms for Robot Learning
- Instead of pre-programming robots, evolutionary algorithms rewarded successful resource gathering.
- This allowed robots to learn which behaviors, like site fidelity and communication, worked best in different environments.