With a little help from robotic, researchers investigate the communications behind swarming
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 02:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Living in groups affords several benefits for animals, including better feeding opportunities and reduced risks from predators—situations in which critical information is transmitted nonverbally throughout the group. While scientists know that information is shared during coordinated maneuvers, those interactions are only a small subset of the complex behavioral repertoire displayed by the animal groups.