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NeuroMechFly v2: simulating embodied sensorimotor control in adult Drosophila

Wang, Sibo  
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Stimpfling, Victor Alfred  
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Lam, Thomas Ka Chung  
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November 12, 2024
Nature Methods

Discovering principles underlying the control of animal behavior requires a tight dialogue between experiments and neuromechanical models. Such models have primarily been used to investigate motor control with less emphasis on how the brain and motor systems work together during hierarchical sensorimotor control. NeuroMechFly v2 expands Drosophila neuromechanical modeling by enabling vision, olfaction, ascending motor feedback and complex terrains that can be navigated using leg adhesion. We illustrate its capabilities by constructing biologically inspired controllers that use ascending feedback to perform path integration and head stabilization. After adding vision and olfaction, we train a controller using reinforcement learning to perform a multimodal navigation task. Finally, we illustrate more bio-realistic modeling involving complex odor plume navigation, and fly-fly following using a connectome-constrained visual network. NeuroMechFly can be used to accelerate the discovery of explanatory models of the nervous system and to develop machine learning-based controllers for autonomous artificial agents and robots. NeuroMechFly v2 extends the capabilities of the original neuromechanical modeling platform for Drosophila, NeuroMechFly, by including sensory input, motor feedback and the ability to simulate complex terrains.

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research article
DOI
10.1038/s41592-024-02497-y
Web of Science ID

WOS:001352706900001

PubMed ID

39533006

Author(s)
Wang, Sibo  
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Stimpfling, Victor Alfred  
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Lam, Thomas Ka Chung  
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Ozdil, Pembe Gizem  
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Genoud, Louise  
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Hurtak, Femke  
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Ramdya, Pavan  
Date Issued

2024-11-12

Publisher

NATURE PORTFOLIO

Published in
Nature Methods
Volume

21

Issue

12

Subjects

MECHANISMS

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WALKING

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EXPRESSION

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FRICTION

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BEHAVIOR

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WALKNET

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NETWORK

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DESIGN

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DRIVEN

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MUJOCO

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Science & Technology

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Life Sciences & Biomedicine

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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UPRAMDYA  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

175667

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

181239

Boehringer Ingelheim

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January 28, 2025
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