AntBot: A six-legged walking robot able to home like desert ants in outdoor environments

AntBot: A six-legged walking robot able to home like desert ants in outdoor environments. Julien Dupeyroux et al (2019), Science Robotics Autonomous outdoor navigation requires reliable multisensory fusion strategies. Desert ants travel widely every day, showing unrivaled navigation performance using only a few thousand neurons. In the desert, pheromones are instantly destroyed by the extreme heat. To navigate safely in this hostile environment, desert ants asse