MIAMI -- Despite their tiny size, ants are sophisticated navigators that can find their way even while walking backwards, and these skills could help inspire better robots, scientists say. But with larger pieces, they dragged them backwards toward their nest, occasionally dropping the food to check the sun's position and reorient themselves. "Ants have a relatively tiny brain, less than the size of a pinhead. Researchers say the ants' process could be useful to people, because it could help them develop new computer algorithms to guide robots. The research team included scientists at the University of Lincoln, Australian National University, and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).

Source: The China Post January 21, 2017 18:01 UTC