Artificial vs Natural Intelligence
Over this 7-part series, we’ve explored how natural systems — ants, bees, birds, and brains — solve problems through emergence, not instruction.
View seriesFeatured
Biomimicry Institute – Ray of Hope Accelerator
The accelerator targets startups explicitly using biological signalling, coordination, and adaptation principles. These programs often surface applied implementations of swarm intelligence and collective sensing before they appear in formal literature.
27-Mar-2026
Read more
Series sampler
History of A-E
adappt’s heritage is in its name. Read all parts to this series: In part one, we reviewed what was adappt.io, from 2015 to 2024.
View seriesBiomimicry Institute – Ray of Hope Accelerator
The accelerator targets startups explicitly using biological signalling, coordination, and adaptation principles. These programs often surface applied implementations of swarm intelligence and collective sensing before they appear in formal literature.
27-Mar-2026
Read more
Can this plant actually see?
This is biomimicry by a plant, and it just shows that nothing humans create will come close to the rich and bizarre natural world.
23-May-2026
Read moreBee-inspired navigation robot pinpoints its home using a neural network
Researchers demonstrated a lightweight navigation system inspired by honeybee learning flights that allows small drones to return home using compact visual memories rather than large-scale mapping systems.
21-May-2026
Read moreSwarm Robotic Warehouse Picking Systems
The system uses decentralized coordination and local signaling inspired by ant colony task allocation to distribute warehouse-picking workloads dynamically across autonomous robots.
19-May-2026
Read moreEuropean Telecom Consortium Tests Ant-Inspired Self-Healing Network Routing
The consortium demonstrated distributed telecom routing methods based on pheromone-style path reinforcement and stigmergy.
19-May-2026
Read moreAI-powered military drones and the future of warfare
The advanced capabilities of AI-based navigation in military drones mean they will no longer require human training. They will rely on near-instantaneous sensor data from cameras, LiDAR, and radar to identify obstacles that will inform their future navigation, such as mountains, structures, and other aircraft.
19-May-2026
Read moreBio-inspired Decentralized Mapping for Autonomous Vehicles
Bosch researchers developed a decentralized collaborative mapping system inspired by ant pheromone trails and swarm intelligence.
18-May-2026
Read moreApplied Intuition UK Awarded Dstl Contract to Lead Consortium Accelerating Cutting-Edge Swarming Capabilities
This UK defence programme targets software-defined swarms with both simulation and live-flight trials.
18-May-2026
Read more
