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.
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A milestone - demos!
We are happy to announce that the Gallery part of our website is now available for viewing! You can see six different algorithms at work.
24-May-2026
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History of A-E
adaptive-emergent now has a more focussed direction. Part one of this series looked at the history from 2015 to 2021; Part two explained why adappt.
View seriesA milestone - demos!
We are happy to announce that the Gallery part of our website is now available for viewing! You can see six different algorithms at work.
24-May-2026
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European 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
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Washington Post - An American industrial revolution is brewing. I saw it in Pittsburgh.
Gecko is interesting because it is not a humanoid-robotics hype company. It is a very applied “robots + sensors + asset data” company aimed at boring but valuable infrastructure problems: corrosion, wall thinning, cracking, maintenance scheduling, shutdown reduction, and safety. The robot is the data-gathering wedge; the defensible product may be the accumulated infrastructure data layer and decision platform.
13-May-2026
Read moreBlinking like Fireflies - Convolutional neural networks for bio-inspired visible light communication between nano-drones
Researchers from SUPSI and ETH Zurich developed a firefly-inspired visible-light communication system for nano-drone swarms using LEDs and convolutional neural networks for message decoding. The system is designed to support lightweight coordination between very small drones where radio systems may be impractical.
13-May-2026
Read moreSwarm Robotics Is Getting Serious And the Community Needs to Pay Attention
A new industry commentary argues that swarm robotics is transitioning from controlled demonstrations into real operational deployment across defence and industrial environments. The article points to increasing procurement activity and growing interest in resilient decentralized coordination architectures inspired by biological collectives.
11-May-2026
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