as opposed to centralized control, in complex systems." "This work blurs the lines between a robot's physical form, its behavior and its environment," Gu added. "Loopy could fundamentally alter ...

Some insects can flap their wings so rapidly that it’s impossible for instructions from their brains to entirely control the behaviour. Building tiny flapping robots has helped researchers shed ...

a team of coders from Bath University presented a paper revealing how even “designers have difficulty decoding the behaviour of their own robots simply by observing them”. The Bath researchers ...

As part of this recent work, he assessed the potential of the robotic system for experimentally reproducing ciliary behavior ... This allowed them to control the system's effective driving ...

A common way of training a robot is known as reinforcement learning (RL). This can be thought of as the “good bot” versus “bad bot” approach. The robot’s control software is “rewarded ...

"While this kind of behaviour has been seen in groups of living animals ranging from insects to vertebrates, this study shows that autonomous robots can be used to study and control group ...

Bee populations are on the decline, and studies have linked this to the use of pesticides containing neonicotinoid compounds, which can impact insect behavior. Researchers built a robotic platform ...

a robot that autonomously roams almond orchards seeking and shooting down pest-infested almonds. The bug-zapping bot was created for the sole purpose of improving tree health and increasing ...

Singapore is trialing two robots called Xavier to catch and prevent "undesirable" behavior. The robots look ... real-time alerts to the command and control centre," the agency said.