{"671163":{"#nid":"671163","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"How army ants\u0027 architecture demonstrates their collective intelligence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIsabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology says studying army ants comes with certain occupational hazards, like their very aggressive nature.\u0026nbsp;But what\u0027s truly remarkable is when the ants encounter obstacles \u2014 such as a gap between leaves or branches \u2014 they build living bridges out of their bodies, hooking themselves together like a barrel of monkeys. This story includes comments from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, with an adjunct appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Hu has studied how fire ants use their bodies to build rafts. He says this type of work reveals how ants make collective decisions, which could have implications for controlling swarms of robots.\u0026nbsp;(This story was also covered on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/npr\/2023\/11\/21\/1214246291\/army-ants-use-collective-intelligence-to-build-bridges-robots-could-learn-from-them\/\u0022\u003EHouston Public Media\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2023\/11\/21\/army-ants-use-collective-intelligence-build-bridges-robots-could-learn-them\u0022\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/11\/21\/1214246291\/army-ants-architecture-science-robots-research\u0022\u003ENational Public Radio\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIsabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology says studying army ants comes with certain occupational hazards, like their very aggressive nature.\u0026nbsp;But what\u0027s truly remarkable is when the ants encounter obstacles \u2014 such as a gap between leaves or branches \u2014 they build living bridges out of their bodies, hooking themselves together like a barrel of monkeys. This story includes comments from \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\/people\/david-hu\u0022\u003EDavid Hu\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/biosciences.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Biological Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.me.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGeorge W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, with an adjunct appointment in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/physics.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E. Hu has studied how fire ants use their bodies to build rafts. He says this type of work reveals how ants make collective decisions, which could have implications for controlling swarms of robots. (This story was also covered on \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.houstonpublicmedia.org\/npr\/2023\/11\/21\/1214246291\/army-ants-use-collective-intelligence-to-build-bridges-robots-could-learn-from-them\/\u0022\u003EHouston Public Media\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gpb.org\/news\/2023\/11\/21\/army-ants-use-collective-intelligence-build-bridges-robots-could-learn-them\u0022\u003EGeorgia Public Broadcasting\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2023\/11\/21\/1214246291\/army-ants-architecture-science-robots-research\u0022\u003ENational Public Radio\u003C\/a\u003E.)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-11-20 18:35:24","changed_gmt":"2023-12-18 16:34:43","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Alabama Public Radio","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.apr.org\/science-health\/2023-11-14\/how-army-ants-architecture-demonstrates-their-collective-intelligence","dateline":{"date":"2023-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-11-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"126011","name":"School of Physics"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"},{"id":"14545","name":"George W. 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