Head injection support system for cricket zombification

Abstract

Research that attempts to elucidate adaptive gait realization mechanism is underway through walking experiment with zombified crickets, based on the interesting behavior of Ampulex compressa. In this research, it is important to prepare a large number of experimental individuals with the same quality (degree of zombification). In this study, we developed a new system to support and semi-automate the injection for cricket zombification. The developed system consists of two cameras, micromanipulator and syringe pump and these devices are operated from PC in order to inject the injection needle at the same position and depth and inject the same amount of liquid medicine. The validity and practicality of the developed system were confirmed by verification experiments.