Ants live in societies like us and face many of the same basic challenges that we do. ​These include finding or growing food, building complex structures, transporting small and big items​, and defending their home from diseases ​and invaders​. ​Interestingly, they work on these challenges using ​​simple rules. I study tiny details of the behavior of ants to understand these rules and ​convert them into​ algorithms. My collaborators and I then use the algorithms to make smart robots that can work together to do different jobs with little human instruction. This video is part of our Virtual Scientist in a Classroom program: https://hmnh.harvard.edu/virtual-scie.... School teachers may be able to arrange a live and Q&A session with this presenter.
Recorded: 2022