Guiding fruit flies like micro-robots using pinwheels and light

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Apr 10, 2025, 1:39 pm93 pts
A team of bioengineers at Harvard University's Rowland Institute has found two new ways to control a tiny creature, essentially turning it into a micro-robot. In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group used a fruit fly's natural response to moving stimuli and…

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