Unlocking secrets of natural swarm intelligence for next-generation collective microrobotics 

A customizable synthetic active matter system using holographic optical traps can replicate complex biological swarm behaviors like flocking and schooling. Findings unlock key principles governing emergent order in groups, enabling creation of ultra-responsive collective micro- and nanorobotic systems. Here is a simulated collective motion of 25 active particles regulated by the Vicsek model but without long-range physical interactions. Read more: www.nanowerk.c...