Flybody Description (MJCF)

Requires MuJoCo 2.2.2 or later.

Overview

flybody is an anatomically-detailed body model of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The fly model was developed in a collaborative effort by Google DeepMind and HHMI Janelia Research Campus. It is taken with permission from the official flybody repository (commit SHA). For the most up-to-date model and source of truth, the user is encouraged to refer to the official flybody repository.

MJCF derivation steps

• In the build_fruitfly directory of the official flybody repository, you'll find the data and code to produce this model, with a step-by-step process detailed in the build_fruitfly README.
• You can also find a detailed write up of the modeling process in the methods section of the bioRxiv paper.

License

This model is released under an Apache-2.0 License.

Citation

If you use this work in an academic context, please cite the following publication:

@article{
  flybody,
  title = {Whole-body simulation of realistic fruit fly locomotion with
           deep reinforcement learning},
  author = {Roman Vaxenburg and Igor Siwanowicz and Josh Merel and Alice A Robie and
            Carmen Morrow and Guido Novati and Zinovia Stefanidi and Gwyneth M Card and
            Michael B Reiser and Matthew M Botvinick and Kristin M Branson and
            Yuval Tassa and Srinivas C Turaga},
  journal = {bioRxiv},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.03.11.584515},
  url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.11.584515},
  year = {2024},
}