Robust Soldier Crab Ball Gate

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates that soldier crab swarms can be used to implement logical gates within constrained environments, showing potential for unconventional computing methods.

Contribution

It introduces a novel approach of using soldier crab swarms for logical computation through geometric constraints, combining biological behavior with computational design.

Findings

Crabs tolerate perturbations in swarming behavior

Swarm-based logic gates can be realized in lab experiments

Geometric constraints enable logical operations in crab swarms

Abstract

Soldier crabs Mictyris guinotae exhibit pronounced swarming behaviour. The swarms of the crabs tolerant of perturbations. In computer models and laboratory experiments we demonstrate that swarms of soldier crabs can implement logical gates when placed in a geometrically constrained environment.