Uruguay: ants versus elephants

Of Ants and Elephants

Investigations of multi-robot systems often make implicit assumptions concerning the computational capabilities of the robots. Despite the lack of explicit attention to the computational capabilities of robots, two computational classes of robots emerge as the focal points of recent research: Robot Ants and robot Elephants. Ants have poor memory and communication capabilities, but are able to c...

Of robot ants and elephants

Investigations of multi-robot systems often make implicit assumptions concerning the computational capabilities of the robots. Despite the lack of explicit attention to the computational capabilities of robots, two computational classes of robots emerge as focal points of recent research: Robot Ants and robot Elephants. Ants have poor memory and communication capabilities, but are able to commu...

Trading Elephants for Ants: Efficient Post-attack Reconstitution

While security has become a first-class consideration in systems’ design and operation, most of the commercial and research efforts have been focused on detection, prevention, and forensic analysis of attacks. Relatively little work has gone into efficient recovery of application and data after a compromise. Administrators and end-users are faced with the arduous task of cleansing the affected ...

Of robot ants and elephants: A computational comparison

In the robotics community, there exist implicit assumptions concerning the computational capabilities of robots. Two computational classes of robots emerge as focal points of recent research: robot ants and robot elephants. Ants have poor memory and communication capabilities, but are able to communicate using pheromones, in effect, turning their work area into a shared memory. By comparison, e...

Of Ants and Elephants: Measuring Student Appreciation for Insects and Charismatic Megafauna During an African Safari