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AntBot is able to go home like desert ants

Autonomous navigation is one of the leading technological challenges of the 21st century in the fields of the automotive industry, air and maritime transport, and mobile robotics. To be functional, such systems must perform multi-sensor data fusion provided by the GPS and other devices like... click to read more

Julien Dupeyroux | Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ISM, Marseille, France

Stéphane Viollet | Research Director at Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ISM, Marseille, France

Julien R. Serres | Associate Professor at Aix Marseille University, CNRS, ISM, Marseille, France

biomimicry

robotics

insect vision

autonomous navigation

Reading time 3 min

published on Aug 29, 2019

Spicing up restoration: can a dash of pepper powder defend native plants?

The reestablishment of native plants following disturbances like wildfires and road construction projects is challenging in today’s world because introduced plants aggressively invade newly disturbed areas and exclude native plants. The most cost-effective way to reestablish native plants following disturbances is to sow native plant... click to read more

Dean Pearson | Research Ecologist at Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA, Forest Service, USA

biomimicry

chili powder

reseeding

restoration

seed predation

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Dec 20, 2018