Experimental Drosophila simulator using the connectome and physics

https://github.com/artem-x-meta/fly-arena

A local fruit-fly simulation combining a physical NeuroMechFly body in MuJoCo, MaleCNS connectome data, and explicit behavioral controllers.

The main hybrid mode supports walking, odor-guided food search, contact-based feeding through an articulated proboscis, grooming, sleep pressure, and waking. A separate two-fly arena adds shared food, body collisions, pushing, foreleg fencing, and retreat. These behaviors combine simulated physiology with engineered decisions and motor programs. This is an experimental model, not a physiologically validated digital fly.

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terranoid@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 9d

As fascinating as it is, it's somewhat disturbing to be seeing artificial fruit flies being simulated at this level, given artificially limited food, then having them compete for it