{"ID":2840122,"CreatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","UpdatedAt":"2026-06-01T04:54:23.091178241Z","DeletedAt":null,"paper_url":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14624","arxiv_id":"2511.14624","title":"Active Matter as a framework for living systems-inspired Robophysics","abstract":"Robophysics investigates the physical principles that govern living-like robots operating in complex, realworld environments. Despite remarkable technological advances, robots continue to face fundamental efficiency limitations. At the level of individual units, locomotion remains a challenge, while at the collective level, robot swarms struggle to achieve shared purpose, coordination, communication, and cost efficiency. This perspective article examines the key challenges faced by bio-inspired robotic collectives and highlights recent research efforts that incorporate principles from active-matter physics and biology into the modeling and design of robot swarms.","short_abstract":"Robophysics investigates the physical principles that govern living-like robots operating in complex, realworld environments. Despite remarkable technological advances, robots continue to face fundamental efficiency limitations. At the level of individual units, locomotion remains a challenge, while at the collective l...","url_abs":"https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.14624","url_pdf":"https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.14624v2","authors":"[\"Giulia Janzen\",\"Gaia Maselli\",\"Juan F. Jimenez\",\"Lia Garcia-Perez\",\"D A Matoz Fernandez\",\"Chantal Valeriani\"]","published":"2025-11-18T16:16:27Z","proceeding":"cond-mat.soft","tasks":"[\"cond-mat.soft\",\"cs.AI\",\"cs.RO\"]","methods":"[]","has_code":false}