The physical basis for fish schooling is examined using three-dimensional numerical
simulations of a pair of swimming fish, with kinematics and geometry obtained from …

Designing locomotory gaits for synthetic microswimmers has been a challenge due to
stringent constraints on self-propulsion at low Reynolds numbers (Re). Here, we introduce a …

In this work, we address the case of red nose tetra fish Hemigrammus bleheri swimming in
groups in a uniform flow, giving special attention to the basic interactions and cooperative …

To understand how to modulate the behavior of underwater swimmers propelled by multiple
appendages, we conducted surge maneuver experiments on our biologically-inspired robot …

Fish schools and bird flocks exhibit complex collective dynamics whose self-organization
principles are largely unknown. The influence of hydrodynamics on such collectives has …

It has long been proposed that flying and swimming animals could exploit neighbour-
induced flows. Despite this it is still not clear whether, and if so how, schooling fish …

The question of how individuals in a population organize when living in groups arises for
systems as different as a swarm of microorganisms or a flock of seagulls. The different …

The mechanism by which aggregates of active swimmers are formed is an intriguing
problem. In this Letter we show that, for two tandem self-propelled filaments driven by …

Determining individual-level interactions that govern highly coordinated motion in animal
groups or cellular aggregates has been a long-standing challenge, central to understanding …

In a biophysical approach to the study of swimming performance (blending biomechanics
and bioenergetics), inter-limb coordination is typically considered and analysed to improve …