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Iain D. Couzin

Konstanz
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FRS. Director, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Konstanz & Center for the Advanced Study of Collective Behavior, University of Konstanz.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Collective intelligence in animals and robots - Nature Communications

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By Iain D. Couzin
| Nature Verified
This comment explores how collective intelligence emerges from local interactions in animal groups, and how these principles inform the design of swarm robotic systems. It highlights the reciprocal value of robotics in studying biological collectives and outlines opportunities in intelligent matter, distributed computation, and perception-driven behavioral models.
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Allocentric flocking - Nature Communications

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By Mohammad Salahshour, Iain D. Couzin
| Nature Verified
Abstract Understanding how group-level dynamics arise from individual interactions remains a core challenge in collective behavior research. Traditional models assume animals follow simple behavioral rules, like explicitly aligning with neighbors.
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Allocentric Flocking

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By Mohammad Salahshour, Iain D. Couzin
| biorxiv.org
Abstract Understanding how group-level dynamics arise from individual interactions remains a core challenge in collective behavior research. Traditional models assume that animals follow simple behavioral rules, like explicitly aligning with neighbors, yet experimental support for such interactions is often lacking.
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