Someone Taught a Fly to Pilot an FPV Drone and Drop Munitions on Tanks
menhguin · x · 2026-09-13
A gloriously absurd demo: a video showing a fruit fly 'trained to pilot an FPV drone and drop munitions on tanks' went around AI circles.
Replying, kastnerkyle runs with the idea: the fly connectome seems like the most obvious testbed for drone control — flies are already an extremely agile baseline with simple sensor input, dense and task-relevant, making them a natural reference for flight-control research.
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