arXiv:2509.06426q-bio.NCcs.AI2025-09被引 5

首个果蝇腿部肌肉骨骼模型,连接神经与运动,可模拟行走与梳理行为。

Musculoskeletal simulation of limb movement biomechanics in Drosophila melanogaster

  • 基于高分辨率扫描数据构建3D肌肉模型,融合开模拟环境。
  • 模拟不同行为下肌肉协同激活,预测可实验验证的协调模式。
  • 可用于训练机器人仿生运动,适合神经科学与机器人研究者。

计算模型对理解神经、生物力学与物理系统如何协同调控动物行为至关重要。尽管果蝇(Drosophila melanogaster)中枢神经系统、肌肉和外骨骼已近乎完整重建,但缺乏解剖学与物理上可信的腿部肌肉模型。这类模型是连接运动神经元活动与关节运动的关键桥梁。本文首次提出在OpenSim与MuJoCo中实现的3D、数据驱动的果蝇腿部肌肉骨骼模型。模型采用基于多具固定标本高分辨率X射线扫描的Hill型肌肉表示法。我们提出一个利用形态成像数据构建肌肉模型并优化飞虫特异参数的流程。随后将模型与活体果蝇的三维姿态数据结合,在OpenSim中实现肌肉驱动的行为重演。对多种行走与梳理行为的肌肉活动模拟预测了可实验验证的肌肉协同模式。此外,在MuJoCo中训练模仿学习策略,发现阻尼与刚度能加速学习过程。总体而言,该模型使在实验可操作的模式生物中研究运动控制成为可能,揭示了生物力学在复杂肢体运动生成中的作用。同时,该模型可用于控制实体化人工代理,实现在仿真环境中自然且柔顺的运动。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Computational models are critical to advance our understanding of how neural, biomechanical, and physical systems interact to orchestrate animal behaviors. Despite the availability of near-complete reconstructions of the Drosophila melanogaster central nervous system, musculature, and exoskeleton, anatomically and physically grounded models of fly leg muscles are still missing. These models provide an indispensable bridge between motor neuron activity and joint movements. Here, we introduce the first 3D, data-driven musculoskeletal model of Drosophila legs, implemented in both OpenSim and MuJoCo simulation environments. Our model incorporates a Hill-type muscle representation based on high-resolution X-ray scans from multiple fixed specimens. We present a pipeline for constructing muscle models using morphological imaging data and for optimizing unknown muscle parameters specific to the fly. We then combine our musculoskeletal models with detailed 3D pose estimation data from behaving flies to achieve muscle-actuated behavioral replay in OpenSim. Simulations of muscle activity across diverse walking and grooming behaviors predict coordinated muscle synergies that can be tested experimentally. Furthermore, by training imitation learning policies in MuJoCo, we test the effect of different passive joint properties on learning speed and find that damping and stiffness facilitate learning. Overall, our model enables the investigation of motor control in an experimentally tractable model organism, providing insights into how biomechanics contribute to generation of complex limb movements. Moreover, our model can be used to control embodied artificial agents to generate naturalistic and compliant locomotion in simulated environments.

果蝇肌肉骨骼行为模拟机器人

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