Weaver ants increase their individual strength as teams grow larger and by cracking the secret to superefficient teamwork, they offer insights that could transform robot design.
  • Most human and animal teams suffer from the Ringelmann effect: individuals contribute less the more the team grows
  • Weaver ants avoid the Ringlemann effect as they work in a team to fold leaves into nest chambers
  • A study showed that weaver ants use division of labor to not only avoid the Ringlemann effect but to achieve super efficiency
  • Cypher@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    You say that now but go to a magic the gathering tournament and you’ll change your tune