ERC Consolidator Grant · 2020
Microscopic Active Particles with Embodied Intelligence
Over billions of years of evolution, motile organisms have developed complex strategies to survive and thrive. These strategies integrate three components: sensors, actuators, and information processing. In the last two decades, active-matter research has tried to replicate the evolutionary success of microorganisms in artificial systems. Researchers have replicated the actuators by developing artificial active particles that extract energy from their environment to perform mechanical work and, to a lesser extent, the sensors, by making these active particles adjust their motion properties to physical cues. However, these artificial particles are still largely incapable of autonomous…
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