Schwarzbäuchige Fruchtfliege #1, first tests

Artist: Hannes Rickli
00:34min, Switzerland, 2009.

Highspeedvideo, found footage, taken at the institute for neuro informatics, university and ETH Zurich, 2006 (Steven N. Fry).

The Drosophila is a pioneer of genetic research. In this trial in the wind channel she is guided by a virtual pattern to a specific point from which she will start homing. Robotics and neuroscience are interested in her starting manoeuvre and flight control.

run-time: December 2011.