Exploring adaptation ability by insect BMI

动物在真实环境中的适应性行为需要多感官的整合。我们分析了气味跟踪雄性蚕蛾与由它们操作的昆虫BMI昆虫控制机器人的多感觉整合机制。我们的结果表明，视觉(光流)和双侧嗅觉输入都是正确转向气味来源所必需的，即使有干扰。这种基于多感官的转向只有在蛾接收气味并进行直线行走时才会发生，直线行走是蛾寻找气味行为的初始行为状态。

Multi-sensory integration is necessary for animals behaving adaptively in real environment. We analyzed mechanisms of multi-sensory integration of odor tracking male silkmoths with an insect BMI, insect-controlled robot, operated by them. Our results indicate that both visual (optic flow) and bilateral olfactory inputs are necessary for steering correctly toward the odor source, even with perturbations. This multi-sensory-based steering occurred only when the moth received odorant and performed straight-line walking, an initial behavioral state of the odor searching behavior of the moth.