魚の群れから学習する知能機械

Root Robotics is our new company that hopes to make the fun and beauty of programming accessible and affordable to everyone, and help enable true diversity in our technological future. Every kid should learn to
code in a fun way, that enhances their personal interests, and that inspires them to become creative technologies themselves. We aim to be part of that revolution.

It's hard not to be inspired when you read about the amazing exploits and societies of ants. Ants have all the characteristics we might think of as human, from agriculture to building underground city-like networks to defense and deceit, but without leaders. Learning about ants taught me to think differently about both robots and people.

This book describes some of the beginning of my field of research and how interdisciplinary groups of biologists, physicists and computer scientists uncovered natural rules and designed artificial systems. It's surprising how deceivingly simple rules can lead to group intelligence.