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MOLECULAR SWARMS. "We anticipate that this strategy will result in more complex robotic behaviour at the molecular level if additional control mechanisms are incorporated. One example might be interactions between multiple molecular robots leading to collective behaviour; another might be the ability to read and transform secondary cues on the DNA origami landscape as a means of implementing Turing-universal algorithmic behaviour." This is how nature works. https://lnkd.in/dyH7qBg View in LinkedIn

MOLECULAR INFORMATION LIMITS. "Traditional robots rely for their function on computing, to store internal representations of their goals and environment and to coordinate sensing and any actuation of components required in response. Moving robotics to the single-molecule level is possible in principle, but requires facing the limited ability of individual molecules to store complex information and programs." (The Lund bot). https://lnkd.in/dyH7qBg View in LinkedIn

AUTONOMOUS. "Vicsek’s drones are free in their movements. Tell them to form a rotating ring, or a straight line, and they’ll coordinate themselves into the right position. Tell them that they’re heading towards an imaginary alleyway, and they’ll queue up to squeeze through a gap." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

CELL MOBILITY. “The hallmark of collective migration is the action of cellular mechanisms that control and shape the motility of the individual cells in the group. Despite the broad impact on normal development and disease, the molecular mechanisms that facilitate collective migration are still not well understood.” https://lnkd.in/dz4nHjA View in LinkedIn

CHEATING FLOCKS. "His competitors were building their own mechanical flocks but Vicsek says that most of the reported successes have cheated in critical ways. Some, for example, could only fly indoors. Others communicated with a central supercomputer that did all their processing for them and gave them precise flight commands." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

CELL MIGRATION. “Collective migration is a type of cell movement wherein groups of cells move together as a coherent unit. Collective migration is involved in multiple aspects of development across many organisms. Different forms of collective migration are observed in many biological processes such as gastrulation, tubulogenesis, neural crest migration and wound healing. Cancer cells can also spread via collective migration in the form of cellular streams.” https://lnkd.in/dz4nHjA View in LinkedIn

RULES AND REALITY. "Alignment, attraction and repulsion can keep a virtual flock together, but in the world of wires and rotors, they aren’t enough. The big enemies are noise and delay." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

SO ENDS this first of two weekends on the sense of place as exhibited in migratory creatures. We live on a planet full of restless beasts, which have two homes, and long distances between them. On the face of it, it seems a perilous arrangement, or at least a wasteful one; many perish on these long journeys, both the young and the old. And as the beloved swallows prepare to migrate here in Spain, it is impossible not to wonder about their Herculean efforts. View in LinkedIn

THREE RULES. "He programmed virtual flying objects—the eponymous Boids—to move according to three simple rules. They aligned with the average heading of their neighbours; they were attracted to each other; and they also repulsed each other to keep some personal space. These three simple rules were enough to simulate a realistic bird-like flock." http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2014/02/27/a-bird-like-flock-of-autonomous-drones/ View in LinkedIn

STRONG SUSPICIONS. "High genetic correlations among incidence, amount, intensity and timing of migratory activity in blackcaps suggest that these components of migratory behaviour are influenced by common genetic mechanisms." http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/02/11/rspb.2010.2567 View in LinkedIn