Fruit fly brain map of 166,700 neurons becomes a blueprint for robot movement
CurieuxExplorer · x · 2026-10-21
Researchers have mapped roughly 166,700 neurons and their connections in the fruit fly brain, and the connectome is now being used as a blueprint for machine movement. The work hints at an emerging relationship between neuroscience and robotics, where biologically accurate wiring diagrams inform how robots are designed to move.
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