CoTFlyAutonomous tank command
READY TO DEPLOY
Mission time
FLY 001IDLE
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SUGAR BOOST
THROTTLE0%
STEERING0%
LOOKAIMFIREMISSILEREPAIR
REPAIR ReadyMISSILES Not equipped
Awaiting deployment
M1A1 ABRAMS · DESERT
STANDBY
BATTLE SYSTEM / STANDBY Select vehicle · Deploy autonomous pilot
SPEED
0.0km/h
ARMOR INTEGRITY
—HP
WEAPON
Standby
Awaiting deployment
TARGET
—m
No visual contact
NEURAL LINK124 CELLSSTANDBY
MaleCNS anatomy0 / 124 active
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mAL · Inhibitory pC1 · P1-relatedP1 output 0%
Population activity124 cells · Last 6 seconds
−6 s−3 sNow
CoTFly

Inside the pilot

124 identified MaleCNS neurons and 1,106 measured anatomical connections, from Fruitless’s reduced circuit, run a live leaky integrate-and-fire simulation at 1 ms steps. The cluster shows their real soma coordinates and sampled neurites. Dim background points provide anatomical context and are not simulated.

Voltages, spikes and firing rates come from the running model. Its P1-related population output modulates driving gain, alongside an authored 24-channel motor controller. Battle inputs, physiological parameters and tank mappings are game adaptations, not measured fly behavior. This is a reduced circuit, not Fruitless’s 166,606-neuron whole-CNS experiment.

The middle legs grip the steering wheel. Forelegs reach aim, look, fire, missile and repair controls before they activate. Kits, ammunition, reloads, turret aiming and damage use the normal game rules. Choose your next tank, then deploy or start a new fly.

MaleCNS data: FlyEM / HHMI Janelia, University of Cambridge / MRC LMB, and Google Research, CC BY 4.0. Our changes include decimated neurites, live spiking dynamics and a game controller. Inhibitory effects are model assumptions. The fly and cockpit are original procedural geometry.

CoTFly · Source code ↗ Fruitless · Circuit source ↗MaleCNS · Measured connectome ↗Data license · CC BY 4.0 ↗ Turaga Lab · flybody ↗MuJoCo Menagerie ↗Whole-body physics simulation of fruit fly locomotion ↗EPFL · NeuroMechFly v2 ↗