Pruning deep neural networks generates a sparse, bio-inspired nonlinear controller for insect flight

• Olivia Zahn ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: otthomas@uw.edu

  Affiliation Department of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3292-4446

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• Jorge Bustamante Jr.,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0185-2216

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• Callin Switzer,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0901-169X

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• Thomas L. Daniel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5706-1096

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• J. Nathan Kutz

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6004-2275

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