Skill · Skydio X2
Take off
The quadrotor hovers low and climbs to 1.2 m only while the “take off” pathway is ON. Drone controls are set-points for its flight controller: altitude (m), forward / lateral (m), yaw (rad).
Runs on the Skydio X2 · Drone
01 Pathway
How the neurons drive it.
A pathway is one cue: the electrode we pulse, the electrodes we read, and the rule that decides when it is ON. This skill has one.
“take off”
- Pulse electrode
- 41at 10 Hz
- Read electrodes
- 32 33 40 42 48 49 50
- ON at
- 0.6spikes per electrode per 100 ms
We pulse electrode 41 at 10 Hz. When electrodes 32, 33, 40, 42, 48, 49 and 50 average at least 0.6 spikes per 100 ms, and twice the rate of the rest of the array, “take off” is ON.
These are the skill file’s starting electrodes, numbered column by column across the 8 × 8 array. Calibration moves each pathway onto electrodes your culture actually answers on and raises its ON threshold above resting noise.
02 Movement
What the Skydio X2 does.
Target pose “take off”
- altitude
- 1.2 m
03 The test
Moves only while cued.
Pulse ‘take off’ from 1 s to 4 s: the drone should climb only while pulsed, then come back down.
It passes when
- 01Climbs while pulsed
- 02Hovers low before pulses
- 03Comes back down after
04 Proof
Proof it is the neurons.
Validation replays this test three times on the same spontaneous activity. The skill counts only if it passes with stimulation and fails under both controls; if it also passes without the neurons, it is marked invalid.
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Skydio X2
Train “Take off” on the Skydio X2.
Choose a biocomputer, launch, and watch it calibrate, train and validate.