As anyone who's ever observed an ant farm will attest, ants tend to pick the most efficient route through their maze to a food source, even when confronted with two seemingly identical routes. Scientists weren't exactly sure how ants are able to do this, especially with limited vision and limited brainpower. So a team of researchers built a robotic ant army to find out.
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/29/4161218/robot-ant-colony-built-to-understand-swarm-intelligence
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