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A celebrated and controversial hypothesis suggests that some biological systems—parts,
aspects, or groups of them—may extract important functional benefits from operating at the …

Swarm robotics deals with the design, construction, and deployment of large groups of
robots that coordinate and cooperatively solve a problem or perform a task. It takes …

The ability to collectively choose the best among a finite set of alternatives is a fundamental
cognitive skill for robot swarms. In this paper, we propose a formal definition of the best-of-n …

Groups of animals can perform highly coordinated collective behaviours that confer benefits
to the participating individuals by facilitating social information exchange and protection from …

Theoretical physics predicts optimal information processing in living systems near transitions
(or pseudo-critical points) in their collective dynamics. However, focusing on potential …

Many animal species organise into disordered swarms, polarised flocks or swirls to protect
from predators or optimise foraging. Previous studies suggest that such collective states are …

Animal groups vary in their collective order (or state), forming disordered swarms to highly
polarized groups. One explanation for this variation is that individuals face differential …

Larger groups often have a greater ability to solve cognitive tasks compared to smaller ones
or lone individuals. This is well established in social insects, navigating flocks of birds, and …

Collective decision making is the ability of individuals to jointly make a decision without any
centralized leadership, but only relying on local interactions. A special case is represented …