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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Agentic Swarms - Lessons from Nature for Enterprise AI
A great article to capture the principles we use at adaptive-emergent. Lessons forgotten in the cloud.
08-Jun-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 seriesAgentic Swarms - Lessons from Nature for Enterprise AI
A great article to capture the principles we use at adaptive-emergent. Lessons forgotten in the cloud.
08-Jun-2026
Read moreA 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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German startup develops cyborg insect swarms for NATO forces
A German startup has moved biohybrid swarm systems from concept to field-tested deployment, using living insects equipped with neural interfaces, sensors, and secure communications to operate as coordinated reconnaissance swarms.
14-Apr-2026
Read morePalladyne AI Secures U.S. Patent for Advanced Swarming and Autonomy Technology
A newly granted U.S. patent describes a system where heterogeneous robots and sensors coordinate using minimal, high-value data exchange, forming a distributed “collective intelligence” network.
07-Apr-2026
Read moreBioengineering plants glow light cities
Chinese Scientists Bioengineering Plants With Firefly Genes to Glow, in Effort to Light Cities at Night
05-Apr-2026
Read moreNATO receives its first swarms of bioelectronic reconnaissance insects
[Unverified] Reports indicate that SWARM Biotactics has conducted trials and begun supplying bioelectronic insect swarms for reconnaissance, combining living organisms with sensors and coordinated control systems.
05-Apr-2026
Read moreSwarm robots that “bloom” could enable adaptive building skins
Researchers built modular “SGbots” that communicate locally and collectively adjust their shape—blooming or retracting—to regulate sunlight in real-world window tests.
04-Apr-2026
Read moreSmartest robots may be the “dumbest” ones
Georgia Tech researchers developed swarms of simple robotic particles that coordinate and self-organize without electronics, software, or sensing, relying entirely on physical design and local interactions.
04-Apr-2026
Read moreMechanical swarm systems point toward computation-free coordination
By encoding interaction rules directly into physical structure, researchers showed that coordinated group behavior can emerge without digital control, sensors, or centralized systems.
04-Apr-2026
Read moreThis paint changes colors when hit, revealing location and strength of impact
Researchers at Tufts University have developed a biomimetic coating that changes color when struck, revealing both the location and approximate strength of an impact without needing embedded electronics. Built using silk-protein shells, the material points to a practical new class of low-cost sensing surfaces for helmets, footwear, ropes, cables, vehicles, packaging, and other equipment.
03-Apr-2026
Read moreSparxell raises funding to scale plant-based structural colour
Sparxell is on a mission to revolutionise the world of industrial colourants. Its patented technology uses cellulose from wood pulp to create structural colour – the same principle that creates iridescent butterfly wings – eliminating petroleum-based chemicals, titanium dioxide and toxic heavy metals and minerals. The textile industry alone releases 1.5 million tonnes of toxic synthetic dyes into waterways annually.
03-Apr-2026
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