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| Title |
A robotic honeycomb for interaction with a honeybee colony
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| Published in |
Science Robotics, March 2023
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| DOI | 10.1126/scirobotics.add7385 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rafael Barmak, Martin Stefanec, Daniel N Hofstadler, Louis Piotet, Stefan Schönwetter-Fuchs-Schistek, Francesco Mondada, Thomas Schmickl, Rob Mills |
| Abstract |
Robotic technologies have shown the capability to interact with living organisms and even to form integrated mixed societies composed of living and artificial agents. Biocompatible robots, incorporating sensing and actuation capable of generating and responding to relevant stimuli, can be a tool to study collective behaviors previously unattainable with traditional techniques. To investigate collective behaviors of the western honeybee (Apis mellifera), we designed a robotic system capable of observing and modulating the bee cluster using an array of thermal sensors and actuators. We initially integrated the system into a beehive populated with about 4000 bees for several months. The robotic system was able to observe the colony by continuously collecting spatiotemporal thermal profiles of the winter cluster. Furthermore, we found that our robotic device reliably modulated the superorganism's response to dynamic thermal stimulation, influencing its spatiotemporal reorganization. In addition, after identifying the thermal collapse of a colony, we used the robotic system in a "life-support" mode via its thermal actuators. Ultimately, we demonstrated a robotic device capable of autonomous closed-loop interaction with a cluster comprising thousands of individual bees. Such biohybrid societies open the door to investigation of collective behaviors that necessitate observing and interacting with the animals within a complete social context, as well as for potential applications in augmenting the survivability of these pollinators crucial to our ecosystems and our food supply. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 154 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 29 | 19% |
| Switzerland | 9 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 5% |
| Germany | 5 | 3% |
| Canada | 5 | 3% |
| India | 3 | 2% |
| Spain | 3 | 2% |
| Turkey | 2 | 1% |
| Belgium | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 9 | 6% |
| Unknown | 79 | 51% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 129 | 84% |
| Scientists | 13 | 8% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 7% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 19 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 19 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 3 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 5% |
| Lecturer | 1 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 53% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 26% |
| Engineering | 2 | 11% |
| Chemistry | 1 | 5% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 53% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 379. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 03 April 2024.
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#83,506
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Outputs from Science Robotics
#69
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#2,174
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Outputs of similar age from Science Robotics
#3
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