Physical Implementation of Natural Intelligence in Colloidal Particle Systems

摘要

We attempt to implement ant pheromone algorithm to find the shortest path between theirnest and food using pheromone trails. We used polystyrerne beads (PBs) suspended in wateras agent ants and employed a phase-change material (PCM) film to mimic the pheromonebehavior. The interaction between PBs and the PCM film provides pheromone deoposition,enhancement and tracking of pheromone trail, and pheromone evaporation.