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Techie connects simulated fruit fly's brain to walking robot

short by Mansi Agarwal / on Wednesday, 16 September, 2026
A developer connected a simulation of a fruit fly's brain to a physical walking robot, translating simulated brain activity into motor commands. The experiment follows Google researchers mapping every neural connection in an adult male fruit fly's brain, documenting over 166,000 neurons. Developers have also used the digital brain to make the virtual fly perform activities such as playing games.