Constructive Method of Three-dimensional Shapes Learned from Nesting Behavior of Paper Wasps

Abstract

The present paper deals with constructive method of three-dimensional shapes learned from nesting behavior of paper wasps. Paper wasps can construct comb of hexagonal cells with regular arrangement. This paper describes observation and analysis of nesting behavior. Observation results show that characteristic movements of antennae affect the shapes of nest and that nesting behavior connect with so called “taxis.” Computer simulation was conduct to ascertain relationship between constructed shapes and simple moving rules. The results are as follows : 1. Antennae are used in each process of nest construction as a wide variety of tools. 2. The simulation results show that simple moving rules such as “taxis” lead to the construction of straight line, curved line and hexagonal line, starting from the shapes of the base as a mark. 3. Construction algorithm of three-dimensional objects based on a simple moving rules is derived from analysis of paper wasps nest construction behavior. It is considered a method for construction of three dimentional shapes starting from an arbitrary base shapes as a mark.