BABOTS: The design and control of small swarming biological animal robots

Información del proyecto

BABOTS

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 101098722

DOI

10.3030/101098722

Fecha de la firma de la CE 13 Diciembre 2022

Fecha de inicio 1 Octubre 2023

Fecha de finalización 30 Septiembre 2027

Financiado con arreglo a

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Coste total

€ 3 251 081,25

Aportación de la UE

€ 3 251 081,00

Coordinado por

UNIVERSITE DE NAMUR
Belgium

CORDIS proporciona enlaces a los documentos públicos y las publicaciones de los proyectos de los programas marco HORIZONTE.

Los enlaces a los documentos y las publicaciones de los proyectos del Séptimo Programa Marco, así como los enlaces a algunos tipos de resultados específicos, como conjuntos de datos y «software», se obtienen dinámicamente de OpenAIRE .

Resultado final

Documents, reports (6)

Ethics framework (Part I)

Comprehensive ethics framework covering BABots research, development, and possible future applications (T4.1)

RP1 Quality assessment reports

Update on the assessment of management activities/ advancement, risk analysis, contingency measures (T6.5)

RP2 Quality Assessment Reports

Update of the assessment of management activities/advancement, risk analysis,contingency measures (T6.5)

Website and project logo

Website and project logo information with also social media link

Quality assessment reports

Assessment of management activities/advancement, risk analysis, contingency measures (T6.5)

Prototype of natural/virtual chemical gradients (Report)

Efficacy of microfluidic/optogenetictechnologies in chemosensory environments(T2.1)

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Prototype of natural/virtual chemical gradients (Video)

Demonstration of the efficacy of microfluidic/optogenetic technologies in chemosensory environments (T2.1)

Publicaciones

Peer reviewed articles (33)

Geometrical Structure of Bifurcations during Spatial Decision-Making

Autores: Dan Gorbonos, Nir S. Gov, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: PRX Life, Edición 2, 2024, ISSN 2835-8279
Editor: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PRXLife.2.013008

Understanding neural circuit function through synaptic engineering

Autores: Ithai Rabinowitch, Daniel A. Colón-Ramos, Michael Krieg
Publicado en: Nature Reviews Neuroscience, Edición 25, 2024, ISSN 1471-003X
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41583-023-00777-8

Towering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodes

Autores: Daniela M. Perez, Ryan Greenway, Thomas Stier, Narcís Font-Massot, Assaf Pertzelan, Siyu Serena Ding
Publicado en: Current Biology, Edición 35, 2025, ISSN 0960-9822
Editor: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CUB.2025.05.026

Spatiotemporal dynamics of locomotor decisions in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>

Autores: Lior Lebovich; Tom Alisch; Edward S. Redhead; Matthew O. Parker; Yonatan Loewenstein; Iain D. Couzin; Benjamin L. de Bivort
Publicado en: bioRxiv, 2024, ISSN 2692-8205
Editor: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.04.611038

On turning maneuverability in self-propelled burst-and-coast swimming

Autores: Li-Ming Chao, Iain D. Couzin, Liang Li
Publicado en: Physics of Fluids, Edición 36, 2025, ISSN 1070-6631
Editor: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0237171

Collective intelligence in animals and robots

Autores: Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 16, 2025, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41467-025-65814-9

An effective hydrodynamic description of marching locusts

Autores: Dan Gorbonos, Felix B Oberhauser, Luke L Costello, Yannick Günzel, Einat Couzin-Fuchs, Benjamin Koger, Iain D Couzin
Publicado en: Physical Biology, Edición 21, 2024, ISSN 1478-3967
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad2219

Virtual reality as an alternative to reproduction

Autores: Häyry Matti
Publicado en: Discover Artificial Intelligence, Edición 5(3), 2025, ISSN 2731-0809
Editor: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S44163-024-00220-6

Roadmap for animate matter

Autores: Giorgio Volpe, Nuno A M Araújo, Maria Guix, Mark Miodownik, Nicolas Martin, Laura Alvarez, Juliane Simmchen, Roberto Di Leonardo, Nicola Pellicciotta, Quentin Martinet, Jérémie Palacci, Wai Kit Ng, Dhruv Saxena, Riccardo Sapienza, Sara Nadine, João F Mano, Reza Mahdavi, Caroline Beck Adiels, Joe Forth, Christian Santangelo, Stefano Palagi, Ji Min Seok, Victoria A Webster-Wood, Shuhong Wang, Lining Yao, Amirreza Aghakhani, Thomas Barois, Hamid Kellay, Corentin Coulais, Martin van Hecke, Christopher J Pierce, Tianyu Wang, Baxi Chong, Daniel I Goldman, Andreagiovanni Reina, Vito Trianni, Giovanni Volpe, Richard Beckett, Sean P Nair, Rachel Armstrong
Publicado en: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Edición 37, 2025, ISSN 0953-8984
Editor: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ADEBD3

3D-MuPPET: 3D Multi-Pigeon Pose Estimation and Tracking

Autores: Urs Waldmann, Alex Hoi Hang Chan, Hemal Naik, Máté Nagy, Iain D. Couzin, Oliver Deussen, Bastian Goldluecke, Fumihiro Kano
Publicado en: International Journal of Computer Vision, 2024, ISSN 0920-5691
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/s11263-024-02074-y

Nature

Autores: Güniz Göze Eren; Leonard Böger; Marianne Roca; Fumie Hiramatsu; Jun Liu; Luis Alvarez; Desiree L. Goetting; Lewis A. Cockram; Nurit Zorn; Ziduan Han; Misako Okumura; Monika Scholz; James W. Lightfoot
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 651, 2026, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-025-10009-X

Tailbeat perturbations improve swimming efficiency by reducing the phase lag between body motion and the resulting fluid response

Autores: Li-Ming Chao, Laibing Jia, Siyuan Wang, Alexander Liberzon, Sridhar Ravi, Iain D Couzin, Liang Li
Publicado en: PNAS Nexus, Edición 3, 2024, ISSN 2752-6542
Editor: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae073

Risk and Retribution: How Punishment Uncertainty Weakens Norms of Cooperation

Autores: Vincent Oberhauser, Iain Couzin, Mohammad Salahshour
Publicado en: OSF, 2025, ISSN 0000-0000
Editor: OSF
DOI: 10.31235/OSF.IO/3EB5T_V1

A modular multi-color fluorescence microscope for simultaneous tracking of cellular activity and behavior

Autores: Euphrasie Ramahefarivo; Leonard Böger; Takkasila Saichol; Behzad Shomali; Luis Alvarez; Monika Scholz
Publicado en: bioRxiv, 2025, ISSN 2692-8205
Editor: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.01.646316

Acoustic cognitive map–based navigation in echolocating bats

Autores: Aya Goldshtein, Xing Chen, Eran Amichai, Arjan Boonman, Lee Harten, Omer Yinon, Yotam Orchan, Ran Nathan, Sivan Toledo, Iain D. Couzin, Yossi Yovel
Publicado en: Science, Edición 386, 2024, ISSN 0036-8075
Editor: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADN6269

Evolution of altruistic rationality provides a solution to social dilemmas via rational reciprocity

Autores: Mohammad Salahshour, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Physical Review Research, Edición 7, 2025, ISSN 2643-1564
Editor: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/SZ5B-J75Y

The behavioral mechanisms governing collective motion in swarming locusts

Autores: Sercan Sayin, Einat Couzin-Fuchs, Inga Petelski, Yannick Günzel, Mohammad Salahshour, Chi-Yu Lee, Jacob M. Graving, Liang Li, Oliver Deussen, Gregory A. Sword, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Science, Edición 387, 2025, ISSN 0036-8075
Editor: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.ADQ7832

On collective behavior in C. elegans

Autores: Nemanja Antonic, Aymeric Vellinger, Elio Tuci
Publicado en: Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Edición 19, 2025, ISSN 1662-5218
Editor: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FNBOT.2025.1689332

Non-invasive eye tracking and retinal view reconstruction in free swimming schooling fish

Autores: Ruiheng Wu; Oliver Deussen; Iain D. Couzin; Liang Li
Publicado en: Communications Biology, 2024, ISSN 2399-3642
Editor: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S42003-024-07322-Y

Swarming transitions of self-propelled particles with anisotropic social interactions

Autores: Zhanwei Gao, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Physical Review Research, Edición 7, 2025, ISSN 2643-1564
Editor: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PHYSREVRESEARCH.7.023144

PLoS Biology

Autores: Staum, Michal; Abraham, Ayelet-Chen; Arbid, Reema; Birari, Varun Sanjay; Dominitz, Matanel; Rabinowitch, Ithai
Publicado en: PLOS Biology, 2024, ISSN 1544-9173
Editor: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/JOURNAL.PBIO.3002729

Reverse engineering the control law for schooling in zebrafish using virtual reality

Autores: Liang Li, Máté Nagy, Guy Amichay, Ruiheng Wu, Wei Wang, Oliver Deussen, Daniela Rus, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Science Robotics, Edición 10, 2025, ISSN 2470-9476
Editor: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
DOI: 10.1126/SCIROBOTICS.ADQ6784

Revealing the mechanism and function underlying pairwise temporal coupling in collective motion

Autores: Guy Amichay, Liang Li, Máté Nagy, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Nature Communications, Edición 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48458-z

Asymmetry in synaptic connectivity balances redundancy and reachability in the Caenorhabditis elegans connectome

Autores: Varun Birari and Ithai Rabinowitch
Publicado en: iScience, 2024, ISSN 2589-0042
Editor: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110713

Whither Sentience?

Autores: Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala
Publicado en: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2026, ISSN 0963-1801
Editor: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180126100073

Collective behavior from surprise minimization

Autores: Conor Heins, Beren Millidge, Lancelot Da Costa, Richard P. Mann, Karl J. Friston, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Edición 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Editor: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320239121

RoboTwin: A Platform to Study Hydrodynamic Interactions in Schooling Fish

Autores: Liang Li, Li-Ming Chao, Siyuan Wang, Oliver Deussen, Iain D. Couzin
Publicado en: IEEE Robotics &amp; Automation Magazine, Edición 31, 2024, ISSN 1070-9932
Editor: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
DOI: 10.1109/mra.2023.3348303

Sensory collectives in natural systems

Autores: Hannah J Williams, Vivek H Sridhar, Edward Hurme, Gabriella EC Gall, Natalia Borrego, Genevieve E Finerty, Iain D Couzin, C Giovanni Galizia, Nathaniel J Dominy, Hannah M Rowland, Mark E Hauber, James P Higham, Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin, Amanda D Melin
Publicado en: eLife, Edición 12, 2023, ISSN 2050-084X
Editor: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
DOI: 10.7554/elife.88028

Behavioral adjustment of C. elegans to mechanosensory loss requires intact mechanosensory neurons

Autores: Michal Staum, Ayelet-Chen Abraham, Reema Arbid, Varun Birari, Matanel Dominitz, Ithai Rabinowitch
Publicado en: PLoS Biology, 2024, ISSN 1545-7885
Editor: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002729

<i>In vivo</i> RNA targeting in the nematode <i>Caenorhabditis elegans</i> using exogenous catalytic DNA

Autores: Eriс Khananshvilli, Ayelet-Chen Abraham, Netanel Cohen, Michal Staum, Dorene Friedman, Ithai Rabinowitch
Publicado en: BioTechniques, Edición 78, 2026, ISSN 0736-6205
Editor: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/07366205.2026.2678313

Predatory aggression evolved through adaptations to noradrenergic circuits

Autores: Güniz Göze Eren, Leonard Böger, Marianne Roca, Fumie Hiramatsu, Jun Liu, Luis Alvarez, Desiree L. Goetting, Lewis A. Cockram, Nurit Zorn, Ziduan Han, Misako Okumura, Monika Scholz, James W. Lightfoot
Publicado en: Nature, Edición 651, 2026, ISSN 0028-0836
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1038/S41586-025-10009-X

Resolving transitions between distinct phases of memory consolidation at high resolution in Caenorhabditis elegans

Autores: Netanel Cohen; Ithai Rabinowitch
Publicado en: iScience, 2024, ISSN 2589-0042
Editor: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISCI.2024.111147

Lévy-modulated Correlated Random Walks in Swarm Robotics

Autores: Luigi Feola, Vito Trianni
Publicado en: Swarm Intelligence, Edición 20, 2026, ISSN 1935-3812
Editor: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11721-026-00258-5

Conference proceedings (6)

Behavioural Classification in <i>C. elegans</i> : a Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Locomotion

Autores: Nemanja Antonic, Monika Scholz, Aymeric Vellinger, Euphrasie Ramahefarivo, Elio Tuci
Publicado en: ALIFE 2025: Ciphers of Life: Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2025, Edición 37, 2025, ISSN 2693-1508
Editor: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL.A.880

Strong leaders don’t cheat: an evolutionary appraisal of population heterogeneity and leadership

Autores: Longhi, Carlo; Martinez-Vaquero, Luis A.; Vázquez, Fernando Wario; Trianni, Vito
Publicado en: ALife proceedings
Editor: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL_A_00819

Hybrid Modelling of Stimuli-Based and Density-Induced Aggregation in C. elegans

Autores: Vellinger, Aymeric; Antonic, Nemanja; Tuci, Elio
Publicado en: ALife proceedings
Editor: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL_A_00763

Minimalist exploration strategies for robot swarms at the edge of chaos

Autores: Vinicius Sartorio, Luigi Feola, Vito Trianni, Jonata Tyska Carvalho
Publicado en: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 2025
Editor: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3712256.3726311

From Pheromones to Policies: Reinforcement Learning for Engineered Biological Swarms

Autores: Aymeric Vellinger, Nemanja Antonic, Elio Tuci
Publicado en: Zenodo
Editor: Zenodo
DOI: 10.48550/ARXIV.2509.20095

Chemotactic Swarming of C. elegans as a Collective Decision-Making Process

Autores: Nemanja Antonic, Aymeric Vellinger, Elio Tuci
Publicado en: Communications in Computer and Information Science, Artificial Life and Evolutionary Computation, 2025
Editor: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-93631-9_5