How can bio-mapping the foraging excursions of ants translate Into a prototype for human living on Mars?

This research project converges myrmecology, computer vision and architecture together to bio-map the locomotion of ants in a spatial-temporal dynamic setup. What can we learn from the de-centralised, flexible and optimal way of living from ants? Despite no journey plan and no limit on the size of areas they explore, ants never find themselves in traffic jams [1]. A number of simple rules give rise to a much more complex system, allowing ants to overcome many environmental obstacles with minimum energy expenditure and assessed risk. Through a series of stigmergic experiments, whereby a Kinect V2 is used for tracking and recording movement, this study looks to translate a spatial template of algorithmic foraging excursions into a resourcepoor prototype for human living in an Extra-Terrestrial (ET) environment.

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