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

Informazioni relative al progetto

BABOTS

ID dell’accordo di sovvenzione: 101098722

DOI

10.3030/101098722

Data della firma CE 13 Dicembre 2022

Data di avvio 1 Ottobre 2023

Data di completamento 30 Settembre 2027

Finanziato da

• The European Innovation Council (EIC)

Costo totale

€ 3 251 081,25

Contributo UE

€ 3 251 081,00

Coordinato da

UNIVERSITE DE NAMUR
Belgium

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Risultati finali

Documents, reports (5)

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)

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)

Pubblicazioni

Peer reviewed articles (22)

Geometrical Structure of Bifurcations during Spatial Decision-Making

Autori: Dan Gorbonos, Nir S. Gov, Iain D. Couzin
Pubblicato in: PRX Life, Numero 2, 2024, ISSN 2835-8279
Editore: American Physical Society (APS)
DOI: 10.1103/PRXLife.2.013008

Towering behavior and collective dispersal in Caenorhabditis nematodes

Autori: Daniela M. Perez, Ryan Greenway, Thomas Stier, Narcís Font-Massot, Assaf Pertzelan, Siyu Serena Ding
Pubblicato in: Current Biology, Numero 35, 2025, ISSN 0960-9822
Editore: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.CUB.2025.05.026

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

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

An effective hydrodynamic description of marching locusts

Autori: Dan Gorbonos, Felix B Oberhauser, Luke L Costello, Yannick Günzel, Einat Couzin-Fuchs, Benjamin Koger, Iain D Couzin
Pubblicato in: Physical Biology, Numero 21, 2024, ISSN 1478-3967
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/ad2219

Virtual reality as an alternative to reproduction

Autori: Häyry Matti
Pubblicato in: Discover Artificial Intelligence, Numero 5(3), 2025, ISSN 2731-0809
Editore: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/S44163-024-00220-6

Roadmap for animate matter

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Numero 37, 2025, ISSN 0953-8984
Editore: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ADEBD3

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

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

Nature

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: Nature, Numero 651, 2026, ISSN 0028-0836
Editore: 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

Autori: Li-Ming Chao, Laibing Jia, Siyuan Wang, Alexander Liberzon, Sridhar Ravi, Iain D Couzin, Liang Li
Pubblicato in: PNAS Nexus, Numero 3, 2024, ISSN 2752-6542
Editore: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgae073

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

Autori: Euphrasie Ramahefarivo; Leonard Böger; Takkasila Saichol; Behzad Shomali; Luis Alvarez; Monika Scholz
Pubblicato in: bioRxiv, 2025, ISSN 2692-8205
Editore: openRxiv
DOI: 10.1101/2025.04.01.646316

On collective behavior in C. elegans

Autori: Nemanja Antonic, Aymeric Vellinger, Elio Tuci
Pubblicato in: Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Numero 19, 2025, ISSN 1662-5218
Editore: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FNBOT.2025.1689332

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

Autori: Ruiheng Wu; Oliver Deussen; Iain D. Couzin; Liang Li
Pubblicato in: Communications Biology, 2024, ISSN 2399-3642
Editore: Nature
DOI: 10.1038/S42003-024-07322-Y

PLoS Biology

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

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

Autori: Guy Amichay, Liang Li, Máté Nagy, Iain D. Couzin
Pubblicato in: Nature Communications, Numero 15, 2024, ISSN 2041-1723
Editore: 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

Autori: Varun Birari and Ithai Rabinowitch
Pubblicato in: iScience, 2024, ISSN 2589-0042
Editore: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110713

Whither Sentience?

Autori: Matti Häyry, Tuija Takala
Pubblicato in: Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 2026, ISSN 0963-1801
Editore: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/S0963180126100073

Collective behavior from surprise minimization

Autori: Conor Heins, Beren Millidge, Lancelot Da Costa, Richard P. Mann, Karl J. Friston, Iain D. Couzin
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Numero 121, 2024, ISSN 0027-8424
Editore: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2320239121

RoboTwin: A Platform to Study Hydrodynamic Interactions in Schooling Fish

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

Sensory collectives in natural systems

Autori: 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
Pubblicato in: eLife, Numero 12, 2023, ISSN 2050-084X
Editore: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
DOI: 10.7554/elife.88028

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

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

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

Autori: Netanel Cohen; Ithai Rabinowitch
Pubblicato in: iScience, 2024, ISSN 2589-0042
Editore: Elsevier
DOI: 10.1016/J.ISCI.2024.111147

Lévy-modulated Correlated Random Walks in Swarm Robotics

Autori: Luigi Feola, Vito Trianni
Pubblicato in: Swarm Intelligence, Numero 20, 2026, ISSN 1935-3812
Editore: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1007/S11721-026-00258-5

Conference proceedings (5)

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

Autori: Nemanja Antonic, Monika Scholz, Aymeric Vellinger, Euphrasie Ramahefarivo, Elio Tuci
Pubblicato in: ALIFE 2025: Ciphers of Life: Proceedings of the Artificial Life Conference 2025, Numero 37, 2025, ISSN 2693-1508
Editore: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL.A.880

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

Autori: Longhi, Carlo; Martinez-Vaquero, Luis A.; Vázquez, Fernando Wario; Trianni, Vito
Pubblicato in: ALife proceedings
Editore: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL_A_00819

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

Autori: Vellinger, Aymeric; Antonic, Nemanja; Tuci, Elio
Pubblicato in: ALife proceedings
Editore: MIT Press
DOI: 10.1162/ISAL_A_00763

Minimalist exploration strategies for robot swarms at the edge of chaos

Autori: Vinicius Sartorio, Luigi Feola, Vito Trianni, Jonata Tyska Carvalho
Pubblicato in: Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 2025
Editore: ACM
DOI: 10.1145/3712256.3726311

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

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