Drosophila melanogaster, the common fruit fly, is in some ways a simple creature. But in others it is so complex that, as with any form of life, we are only scratching the surface of understanding it.

The researchers described the motions of fruit flies tethered in a virtual reality flight simulator constructed with LED lights and recorded using high speed cameras, in a paper published today (Aug.

(A) Compared with conventional flat-shaped tactile sensors, biomorphically inspired tactile sensors exhibit enhanced geometric complexity and an extended sensing range, which imposes increased ...