Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute
| April 2009 - Length: 60:00 (Audio difficulty for first few minutes) Animal groups such as bird flocks, insect swarms and fish schools are spectacular, ecologically important and sometimes devastating features of the biology of various species. Using a combined theoretical and experimental approach involving insect and vertebrate groups, I will address how, and why, individuals move in unison and investigate the principles of information transfer in these groups, particularly focusing on leadership and collective consensus decision-making. Additional details >> |
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