Physiologically, ants are simple organisms, but their behavior is surprisingly complex. These tiny insects are driven by work and the wellbeing of the colony as a whole. A Clark University researcher ...

Inspired by the agility and efficiency of insects, millimeter- to centimeter-scale robots hold enormous promise for environmental monitoring, search and rescue, and precision agriculture. But their ...

For years, scientists believed that only humans and a handful of vertebrates could tell the difference between short and long durations, a skill as fundamental as reading the dots and dashes of Morse ...

In a simulation of Mars, a space rover is testing a control system with an unusual inspiration: insect brains. The software was created by Opteran, a startup based in the UK. But the idea originated ...

Bees are fascinating intelligent and sentient insects whose cognitive and emotional lives are currently receiving the attention they have long deserved from serious card-carrying scientists. 1 I ...

Developing the remarkable navigational prowess of insects, a UK-based startup has introduced the Opteran Mind. This innovative edge computing solution features a suite of algorithms inspired by the ...