Cellular Automata
In part one of this series, we looked at a simple example of cellular automata in the form of the Game of Life.
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Act I Part 2: The Self-Replicating Machine
In part one of this series, we looked at a simple example of cellular automata in the form of the Game of Life. But these constructs existed before Conway in 1970. Software has been able to reproduce itself for decades. In 1988, the Morris worm spread autonomously through about 6,000 of the roughly 60,000 computers then connected to the Internet, causing widespread disruption.
27-Sep-2026
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Quorum Sensing
Part 4: The dangling conversation In the previous article, we saw bacterial populations defend themselves collectively. Cyanobacteria formed protective flocs, while dying E.
View seriesAlgorithms on Display
(See the original demos announcement at the link). We have added more algorithms to the website to try out and tweak.
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Ant-Inspired Robots Using Pheromone-Based Communication (COS-phi system)
This article reports on a robot system inspired by how ants communicate using pheromone trails. Instead of real chemicals, the robots follow artificial “pheromone” signals so they can coordinate with one another and make group decisions in a similar way to ants.
29-Mar-2026
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Honeybees Use Dance Communication to Form Expectations About Landscapes
Honeybees do more than just follow the “direction and distance” in another bee’s waggle dance. They seem to combine that message with their own memory of landmarks in the landscape, so they can form an expectation of what the route should look like and fly more efficiently.
27-Mar-2026
Read moreDancing on the Edge: Honey Bee Recruitment Networks Are Structured and Dynamic
This paper looked at how honey bees pass on food-location information through the waggle dance, and found that these recruitment networks are actually quite thin rather than densely connected. In other words, even though the dance is famous, each bee usually ends up recruiting only a small number of other bees rather than spreading the message widely through the whole colony.
27-Mar-2026
Read moreConsensus-Achieving Algorithm for Robot Swarms Inspired by Ant Collective Decision-Making
The algorithm models ant nest-selection behaviour to solve the “best-of-n” consensus problem using only local signalling. It demonstrates how response thresholds, recruitment, and biasing mechanisms enable robust distributed agreement without central control.
27-Mar-2026
Read moreBiomimicry 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 moreBelow‑Ground Ants Follow Pheromones More Quickly Under Reduced Sensory Noise
This study shows ants make faster pheromone-guided decisions in low-distraction environments, suggesting that signal clarity vs. environmental noise is a critical factor in stigmergic coordination.
27-Mar-2026
Read moreA Concept for Bio-Agentic Visual Communication
This paper explores a way for drones to communicate with each other visually, instead of relying on radio, by copying signalling ideas from animals like bees, deer, and peacocks. The drones use movement patterns and LED lights as a kind of shared “body language,” and an AI system helps translate what they see into the right visual response.
27-Mar-2026
Read moreInsect-Scale Robots with Embodied Intelligence
Anyone remember smart dust? A cloud of sensors were thrown from a plane into a .. real cloud to study storms, wind patterns, etc. Since then we have had drones used from food delivery to ordinance delivery. And now we are getting Black Mirror insect robots.
26-Mar-2026
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