Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Sep 25, 2024
As artificial intelligence (AI) systems are increasingly embedded in our lives, their presence leads to interactions that shape our behaviour, decision-making and social interactions. Existing theoretical research on the emergence and stability of co...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Jul 3, 2024
Natural swimmers and flyers can fully recover from catastrophic propulsor damage by altering stroke mechanics: some fish can lose even 76% of their propulsive surface without loss of thrust. We consider applying these principles to enable robotic fla...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
May 15, 2024
Simple models have been used to describe ecological processes for over a century. However, the complexity of ecological systems makes simple models subject to modelling bias due to simplifying assumptions or unaccounted factors, limiting their predic...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
May 1, 2024
Patterns of collective escape of a bird flock from a predator are fascinating, but difficult to study under natural conditions because neither prey nor predator is under experimental control. We resolved this problem by using an artificial predator (...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Mar 27, 2024
Fish locomotion emerges from diverse interactions among deformable structures, surrounding fluids and neuromuscular activations, i.e. fluid-structure interactions (FSI) controlled by fish's motor systems. Previous studies suggested that such motor-co...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Mar 20, 2024
In the human cardiovascular system (CVS), the interaction between the left and right ventricles of the heart is influenced by the septum and the pericardium. Computational models of the CVS can capture this interaction, but this often involves approx...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Mar 6, 2024
Modern computing has enhanced our understanding of how social interactions shape collective behaviour in animal societies. Although analytical models dominate in studying collective behaviour, this study introduces a deep learning model to assess soc...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Oct 25, 2023
Collective behaviour defines the lives of many animal species on the Earth. Underwater swarms span several orders of magnitude in size, from coral larvae and krill to tunas and dolphins. Agent-based algorithms have modelled collective movements of an...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Oct 18, 2023
With their highly social nature and complex vocal communication system, marmosets are important models for comparative studies of vocal communication and, eventually, language evolution. However, our knowledge about marmoset vocalizations predominant...
Journal of the Royal Society, Interface
Jul 26, 2023
Decision-making and movement of single animals or group of animals are often treated and investigated as separate processes. However, many decisions are taken while moving in a given space. In other words, both processes are optimized at the same tim...