Swarm survives silent failures

🔥 What happened Md. Abu Horaira (arXiv) built a decentralized drone swarm that forms shapes without a central planner — even when half the drones silently die. ACO pheromone claims detect failures via evaporation; PSO flies the drones and tunes offline. 💡 Why it matters In the hardest regime, formation held in 95–99% of runs; after a silent loss of half the swarm, 96–100% at normal difficulty. The kicker: the benefit comes from pheromone dynamics and tuning — not ACO's stochastic construction or PSO's social terms. ⚡ Our take A paper that debunks its own hype: a CBBA-style baseline matched reliability and repaired faster. If you're betting on ACO/PSO magic, read the raw results first.