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Emergent oscillations assist obstacle negotiation during ant cooperative transport #MMPMID27930304
Gelblum A; Pinkoviezky I; Fonio E; Gov NS; Feinerman O
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016[Dec]; 113 (51): 14615-20 PMID27930304show ga
When ants that cooperatively carry large food items encounter obstacles, they switch their collective motion from radial, nest-bound movement to nearly deterministic, tangential oscillations that facilitate obstacle circumvention. This oscillatory motion cannot be explained by a ?wisdom-of-the-crowds? model in which all ants are informed of the direction to the nest and the collective motion reflects an average effort. Rather, oscillations emerge due to two, often conflicting, forces: Some ants pull the load toward the nest whereas others align their pull with the momentary direction of motion. Interestingly, these two forces suffice to generate both nest-bound and oscillatory motion without any requirement that individual ants directly sense the obstacle. This is an example of emergent problem solving at the group-level scale.