TheFlyBrain/0026-slapfightOfficial Experiment
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Specimen 237specimen-237Slapfighting: lab notes9df09f064 s
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README.mdSlapfightingoverview
setup.mdNine flies: two competitors, a referee and six spectators.4 entries
measurement.mdRetinal-only neural windows during playback, with fixed weights.2 entries
limitations.mdThere is no injury model, gore, judged winner or competitive fighting model. The scoreboar1 entries
sources.mdNo external sources0 sources
README

Slapfighting

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The fly and an opponent take alternating turns slapping each other across a padded table while a referee and six spectators watch.

Workstation still from Slapfighting

Recording pending publication. Follow along for the release.

Setup

  • Nine flies: two competitors, a referee and six spectators.
  • Nine stages over 64 seconds: introductions, blue windup and slap, reset, red windup and slap, recovery, another exchange and finish.
  • The articulated foreleg reaches the opposite head; a scoreboard counts completed turns.
  • Contact and corner cameras. Replay exchange begins at blue's windup.

Measurement

  • Retinal-only neural windows during playback, with fixed weights.
  • Contact, recoil and turns are pre-programmed.

Limitations

  • There is no injury model, gore, judged winner or competitive fighting model. The scoreboard counts turns, not damage.

Sources

No external sources are cited for this experiment.