Spontaneous Emergence of Run-and-Tumble-like Dynamics in Coupled Self-propelled Robots

This 14-minute conference talk by Nitin Kumar from the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences explores the spontaneous emergence of run-and-tumble-like dynamics in coupled self-propelled robots. The presentation is part of the 10th Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting, an annual gathering of scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students working in statistical physics. Discover how concepts from active matter physics apply to robotic systems, potentially bridging theoretical models with practical applications. The discussion meeting covers a wide range of statistical physics topics including out-of-equilibrium systems, soft matter, biological physics, and complex systems, making this presentation relevant to researchers interested in the intersection of statistical physics and robotics.