Animals in nature have other ways of communicating than you or I do and many of them are able to move collectively in packs called “swarms”. Host Danni Washington takes a look at how today’s scientists are studying this swarm behavior to make better robots that will help in our factories, to collect things on other planets, or to make better autonomous cars!
Up Next in Season 1
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S1 Ep 11 - Muscle of Mimicry
Some of the world’s strongest materials are naturally made like the silk spiders use to make their webs which, pound for pound, is actually 5 times stronger than steel. In this episode, Danni Washington will look into how we’re looking toward nature to make our other things stronger… like glass, ...
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S1 Ep 12 - Designing Drones
Drones are all the rage right now… and, thanks to nature, they’re doing things that we never imagined! Join Danni Washington as she explores aerial drones that can perch on walls, dive in and out of water, and communicate in swarms!
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S1 Ep 13 - Automated Animals
Robots are built for all kinds of things and, these days, their inventors are looking toward nature to see how animals can help them to do the things that humans can’t! Join Danni Washington as she checks out tiny robots based on manta rays that are helping to fight heart problems, robots that a...
