It looks like it's using the neural map from http://www.openworm.org/ http://www.openworm.org/ to drive the robot around. What researchers have done is made a

It looks like it's using the neural map from http://www.openworm.org/ http://www.openworm.org/ to drive the robot around. What researchers have done is made a complete connection map of all the neurons in a nematode and what they do, allowing a simulation to be run that essentially emulates the brain and nervous system of the worm.