Research papers

• InsBot: Design of an Autonomous Mini Mobile Robot Able to Interact with Cockroaches..
  Caprari, G., Colot, A., Siegwart, R., Halloy, J. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  In:Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. ICRA'2004, New Orleans. 2004. pp 2418-2423.
• Building Mixed Societies of Animals and Robots.
  Caprari, G., Colot, A., Siegwart, R., Halloy, J. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine. 2004. (in press).
• How individual interactions control aggregation patterns in gregarious arthropods.
  Gautrais, J., Jost, C., Jeanson, R., Theraulaz, G.
  Interaction Studies. 5/2, 245-269 (2004).
• Self-organised aggregation in cockroaches.
  Jeanson, R., Rivault, C., Deneubourg, J.-L., Blanco, S., Fournier, R., Jost, C. & Theraulaz, G.
  Animal Behaviour. 69, 169-180 (2005).
• Cockroach aggregation based on strain odour recognition.
  Amé, J.-M., Rivault, C. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  Animal Behaviour. 68/4, 793-801 (2004). .
• A model of animal movements in a bounded space.
  Jeanson, R., Blanco, S., Fournier, R., Deneubourg, J.-L., Fourcassié V. & Theraulaz, G.
  Journal of Theoretical Biology, 225, 443-451 (2003).
• Do female and male merino sheep segregate within the same ecological conditions?
  Michelena, P., M. Bouquet,P., Dissac, A., Fourcassié, V., Lauga, J., Gérard, J.-F. & R. Bon.
  Animal Behaviour. 68, 1371-1380 (2004).

  Papers and articles that help understand LEURRE

• Dynamics of aggregation in Lasius niger (Formicidae): influence of polyethism.
  Depickère, S., Fresneau, D. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  Insectes Soc. 2004 (51), pp 81-90.
• A basis for spatial and social patterns in ant species: dynamics and mechanisms of aggregation.
  Depickère, S., Fresneau, D. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  Journal of Insect Behavior. 2004 17(1)
• Marking as a decision factor in the choice of a new resting site in Lasius niger.
  Depickère, S., Fresneau, D., Detrain, C. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
  Insectes Soc. (in press)
• Quand les robots imitent la nature.
  Martinoli, A., Theraulaz, G. & Deneubourg, J.-L.
   La Recherche. nov. 2002 (358), pp 56-62.

  Historical aspects

• An early reflection on robots in biology
  by Alfred J. Lotka in his "Elements of Physical Biology".

LEURRE is a project sponsored by the Future and Emerging Technologies program of the European Community (IST-2001-35506).