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The design and control of collective robots for different purposes has been one of the most interesting subjects in recent years. Interacting particles (both in engineering and nature) can not only be self-organized, but also show a myriad of amazing features. A lot of different types of collective motion can be seen in nature (like fishes, birds, bacteria, insects, to name but a few) which interacting with each other to form complicated patterns with ingenious purpose like foraging, predator escaping and so forth. Understanding these natural phenomena (like vortex formation) can be helpful in designing artificial systems, the usage of which are underwater or space vehicles performing a...