A new study suggests that the traffic flow of ants could provide valuable insights for solving urban transportation problems.
Professors from the University of Trento have studied ant behavior to understand how these insects navigate efficiently without stop-and-go disruptions, even in large groups, with findings recently published in Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Marco Guerrieri, a professor specializing in road and railway infrastructure, and Nicola Pugno, a professor of solids and structural mechanics , co-authored the study.
The case study further shows that ants solve complex traffic problems using simple, self-organized rules that are not imposed externally, like in traditional traffic. These rules emerge from direct contact or chemical signals between ants, making their behavior more cooperative than that of vehicles on conventional roads, the study says.Traffic strategies based on ant behavior for autonomous vehiclesThe research makes several key contributions.
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