Ants do not need a foreman to raise a city. Working with little more than local cues, they excavate tunnels, pile up soil, ...

Scientists built small ant inspired robots that work together using light signals. These robots can build or dig by following ...

Army ants use their bodies to build bridges. Robots could soon take a cue from the tiny insect’s ability to collaborate. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 22, 2023 1:00 PM EST Add Popular Science (opens in ...

Simple ant-like robots collectively build or demolish structures without central control, just by tuning two parameters - ...

Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants.These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous for their ability to ...

Studying army ants for a living comes with certain occupational hazards. "They're very aggressive," says Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "They have venom, so they will ...

Individual ants are relatively simple creatures and yet a colony of ants can perform really complex tasks, such as intricate construction, foraging and defense. Recently, Harvard researchers took ...

Have you ever wondered how insects are able to go so far beyond their home and still find their way? The answer to this question is not only relevant to biology but also to making the AI for tiny, ...