Implementing building blocks for collective behaviours
To show how the DOME can be used to engineer microswarms, we implemented three essential building blocks for collective behaviours using the algae Volvox as our microagent. Volvox was chosen due to its innate capability to move and sense light \cite{Drescher_2010}, and because the spherical shape and size of its colonies (350-500 μm in diameter) are easily visualised under a microscope (Figure 7).