Bio-Inspired Computing and Networking

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Bio-Inspired Computing and Networking

1. The sensors of animals developed into highly sophisticated devices. This was

achieved by developing “better” sensors or by joining and combining sensors

(serialization and specialization). These adaptations allow animals to deal

better with a noisy environment. While such an approach can be sufficient

for pure robotic engineers (“making a better robot”), scientists with more

adhesion to the field of swarm intelligence might not be pleased by improving

simply the single swarm robot’s abilities. For them, improving the swarm’s

performance without improving the single robot is the main interesting goal.

2. Especially in social insects, the animals developed methods to increase the

“orderedness” of their environment. ...