Final Report Summary - ID-CAB (Individual differences in Collective Animal Behaviour)
Fish schools, ant trails and bird flocks provide good examples of collective animal behaviour (Sumpter, 2010; Sumpter 2006). How do individuals interact to produce these dynamic patterns? Our research starts by looking at features of moving locust swarms, bird flocks , ant trails and fish schools. For example, we recently studied how a fish school can rapidly turn away from a predator attack (Herbert-Read et al., 2015). In another study we studied how sheepdogs round up large flocks of sheep.
These insights in to animal behaviour can be used to inspire automated collective robot design in the future. The tools we use to analyse movements can also be used to study socio-economics, such as the transition to democracy.
These insights in to animal behaviour can be used to inspire automated collective robot design in the future. The tools we use to analyse movements can also be used to study socio-economics, such as the transition to democracy.