ོ ོ ོ ོ ོ ོNature inspired algorithms - Finding Nemo

You might have watched the animation movie "Finding Nemo", it has stunning graphic illustrations of the fish schools, This animation uses a nature inspired algorith called "Flocking Algorithms"

Birds fly in flocks with perfect co-ordination

They don’t crash into each other.

They move in the same general direction.

They stay close together but not too close.

Craig Reynolds’ Boids ( Bird OID objects) algorithm is the most popular implementation with 3 rules

Separation - Steer to avoid getting too close to neighbors.

Alignment - Steer toward the average heading of nearby boids.

Cohesion - Steer toward the average position of nearby boids.

This algorithm is also used in drone coordination, autonomous vehicles.