The collective intelligence found in nature is a wonder of efficiency and coordination. Birds flock to forage. Fish school as ...

Birds flock in order to forage and move more efficiently. Fish school to avoid predators. And bees swarm to reproduce. Recent ...

A new framework of geometric design rules has been developed to push forward swarm intelligence, the branch of AI that mimics ...

New York, NY—July 16, 2025—Today’s robots are stuck—their bodies are usually closed systems that can neither grow nor self-repair, nor adapt to their environment. Now, scientists at Columbia ...

A research team from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, along with collaborators from Columbia University and UT ...

In a move that brings science fiction closer to reality, researchers have developed a new kind of robot that can "grow," "heal," and even improve itself by using parts from its environment—or even by ...

Researchers introduce a process that allows machines to 'grow' physically by integrating parts from their surroundings or from other robots, demonstrating a step towards self-sustaining robot ...