Lab-on-cables

Media coverage

https://theconversation.com/un-robot-pour-suivre-le-vol-des-insectes-142745

https://www.the-scientist.com/multimedia/slideshow-watching-insects-in-motion-68483

https://www.cnrs.fr/fr/un-robot-pour-suivre-et-filmer-le-vol-des-insectes

https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2020/06/17/un-robot-pour-filmer-le-vol-des-insectes_6043188_1650684.html

https://www.lesechos.fr/idees-debats/sciences-prospective/le-robot-qui-filme-le-vol-des-insectes-1215243

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaLgQAWf8do

https://techxplore.com/news/2020-06-robot-track-insects.html

https://www.hackster.io/news/cnrs-researchers-design-a-robot-to-track-and-film-flying-insects-993640ab3d8a

https://cosmosmagazine.com/uncategorized/spiderlab-films-some-free-flying-specimens/

https://newatlas.com/good-thinking/lab-on-cables-insect-tracking-camera/


https://interestingengineering.com/scientists-develop-first-cable-driven-robot-that-can-keep-up-with-free-flying-insects

https://www.irobotnews.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=21048

https://techable.jp/archives/127869

http://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/20200614-robot-%C3%A9tudier-les-insectes-volants

Lab-on-cables filmed with external camera (superimposed with long-exposure photo of robot movement): VIDEO, relevant paper

Lab-on-cables with onboard camera (real insect in white, 3D model in pink): VIDEO, relevant paper

 Pannequin R., Jouaiti M., Boutayeb M., Lucas P., Martinez D. (2020) Automatic tracking of free-flying insects using a cable-driven robot. Science Robotics. PDF

 

Cover image expansion

 

Neuroelectronics

Neuronal recording in freely moving animals with wireless data transmission

 

Relevant publications:

Martinez D., Clement M., Messaoudi B., Gervasoni D., Litaudon P., Buonviso N. (2017) Adaptive quantization of local field potentials in freely moving animals: an open-source neural recording device. Journal of Neural Engineering.

 

Neurorobotics

For behavioral experiments, we use koala and khepera robots from k-team and various sensors. In the past, we tested robot chemotaxis (Martinez et al., 2006) and robot infotaxis (Martin-Moraud and Martinez, 2010) with gas and heat sensors, respectively. Currently, we use the antennae of tethered moths mounted on a khepera robot as pheromone sensors (Martinez et al., 2013; Martinez et al., 2014). See the figure below and the video section for more details.

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