Dupont Steen, Price Benjamin, Blagoderov Vladimir
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
Department of Science Facilities, Natural History Museum, London, SW7 5BD, U.K.
Zookeys. 2015 Feb 4(481):131-8. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.481.8788. eCollection 2015.
We present a pinned insect manipulator (IMp) constructed of LEGO® building bricks with two axes of movement and two axes of rotation. In addition we present three variants of the IMp to emphasise the modular design, which facilitates resizing to meet the full range of pinned insect specimens, is fully customizable, collapsible, affordable and does not require specialist tools or knowledge to assemble.
我们展示了一种由乐高积木构建的昆虫固定操纵器(IMp),它具有两个运动轴和两个旋转轴。此外,我们还展示了IMp的三种变体,以强调其模块化设计,这种设计便于调整尺寸以适应各种昆虫固定标本,完全可定制、可折叠、价格实惠,并且组装时不需要专业工具或知识。