EPFL Scientists Study Fruit Flies to Revolutionize Robotics

• EPFL researchers have developed a specialized microscope capable of observing live neural activity in fruit flies while they move.
• The entire neural network of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster) has been mapped by EPFL scientists and collaborators.
• Scientists are creating a 'digital brain' replica of the fruit fly to serve as a control center for autonomous robots.
• The fruit fly genome has been fully sequenced, establishing it as a model organism for over a century.

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