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SUMMARY:CIS - Colloquium  The Collective Intelligence of Army Ants\, and t
 he Robots They Inspire by Prof. Radhika Nagpal
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof.Radhika Nagpal\nProf.Radhika Nagpal is the Fred Kavli Pro
 fessor of Computer Science School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Wyss
  Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering Harvard University.   \
 n\nAbstract: In nature\, groups of thousands of individuals cooperate to c
 reate complex structure purely through local interactions -- from cells th
 at form complex organisms\, to social insects like termites that build met
 er-high mounds and army ants that self-assemble entire nests\, to the comp
 lex and mesmerizing motion of fish schools and bird flocks. What makes the
 se systems so fascinating to scientists and engineers alike\, is that even
  though each individual has limited ability\, as a collective they achieve
  tremendous complexity.\nWhat would it take to create our own artificial c
 ollectives of the scale and complexity that nature achieves? My lab invest
 igates this question by using inspiration from biological collectives to c
 reate robotic systems\, e.g. the Kilobot thousand robot swarm inspired by 
 cells\, and the Termes robots inspired by mound-building termites. In this
  talk\, I will discuss a recent project in my group - Eciton robotica - to
  create a self-assembling swarm of soft climbing robots inspired by the li
 ving architectures of army ants. Our work spans soft robotics\, new theore
 tical models of self-organized self-assembly\, and new field experiments i
 n biology. Most critically\, our work derives from the collective intellig
 ence of engineers and scientists working together.\n\nThe Center for Intel
 ligent Systems at EPFL (CIS) is a collaboration among IC\, SB\, and STI th
 at brings together researchers working on different aspects of Intelligent
  Systems. In June 2020\, CIS has launched its CIS Colloquia featuring invi
 ted notable speakers.\nMore info https://www.epfl.ch/research/domains/cis/
 center-for-intelligent-systems-cis/events/colloquia/colloquium-prof-r-nagp
 al/
LOCATION:Zoom-Webinar https://epfl.zoom.us/s/97293589527
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