Primoz Ravbar

The agent and the environment Our model is composed of neuronal circuits embedded in a simple agent that acts on its environment. The agent has two 2D legs, corresponding to the two front legs of a fly, each of which is made of three points (‘joints’): proximal, medial, and distal. The distal point (the one farthest from the ‘body’) can remove the ‘dust’ from the environment.

Abstract Limbs execute diverse actions coordinated by the nervous system through multiple motor programs. The basic architecture of motor neurons that activate muscles that articulate joints for antagonistic flexion and extension movements is conserved from flies to vertebrates.

Abstract Limbs execute diverse actions coordinated by the nervous system through multiple motor programs. The basic architecture of motor neurons that activate muscles which articulate joints for antagonistic flexion and extension movements is conserved from flies to vertebrates. While excitatory premotor circuits are expected to establish sets of leg motor neurons that work together, our study uncovered an instructive role for inhibitory circuits.