A universal microscope manipulator

Boyadzhiev, Peter; Gechev, Tsanko; Donev, Atanas D.

doi:10.1590/s0085-56262012005000016

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“…Previous authors have provided custom designs for insect specimen manipulators ( Köppen 1966 , Oliver 1969 , Lobanov and Kotjurgin 1975 , Boyadzhiev and Bozhinova 2006 , Boyadzhiev et al 2012 ), however most commercial examples are of a fixed standard size while DIY manipulators are custom-made from materials and tools that are not readily available to everyone. Furthermore most DIY setups are specifically designed for a particular group of insects and may not be of an appropriate size for other insect groups.…”

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IMp: The customizable LEGO® Pinned Insect Manipulator

Dupont¹,

Price²,

Blagoderov³

2015

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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.

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