Fish are masters of coordinated motion. Schools of fish have no leader, yet individuals manage to stay in formation, avoid collisions, and respond with liquid flexibility to changes in their ...

However, little is known about how biological systems like the brain or a swarm of fish manage to optimally bring together a multitude of individual pieces of information from different locations.

Inspired by flocks of birds and schools of fish, Zhang's team used a magnetic field to control the nanobots' movements and implement swarm behaviours. You can see them in action in the video below: ...

However, little is known about how biological systems like the brain or a swarm of fish manage to optimally bring together a multitude of individual pieces of information from different locations.

China Elec­tron­ics Tech­no­logy Group broke the world record for the world’s largest-ever swarm way back in 2017, with 119 drones costing just a few hun­dred dol­lars each.