Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
Male adult silkmoth (Bombyx mori) | Rear from eggs, or purchase as pupae. | ||
Incubator | Panasonic | MIR-254 | Store pupae or adult silkmoths at a constant temperature, 238 L. |
Plastic box | Sunplatec | O-3 | Store pupae or adult silkmoths, 299 × 224 × 62 mm L × W × H. |
Copper wire | 2-mm diameter for the attachment. Any rigid bar can be used as an alternative for making the attachment to tether a silkmoth. | ||
Plastic sheet | Kokuyo | VF-1420N | Sold as overhead projector film with thickness of 0.1 mm. Use at the tip of the attachment. |
Forceps | As one | 5SA | Remove scales on the thorax. |
Adhesive | Konishi | G17 | Bond a silkmoth to the attachment. |
Insect-controlled robot | Custom | Bearing an air-supported treadmill, an optical sensor, custom-built AVR-based microcontroller boards, and two DC brushless motors. It is powered by 8 × AA and 3 × 006P batteries. | |
Microcontroller | Atmel | ATMEGA8 | A component of the insect-controlled robot. |
DC blower | Nidec | A34342-55 | A component of the insect-controlled robot for floating a ball in an air-supported treadmill. |
DC fan | Minebea | 1606KL-04W-B50 | A component of the insect-controlled robot for suctioning air containing an odor. |
Optical mouse sensor | Agilent technologies | HDNS-2000 | A component of the insect-controlled robot, obtained from an optical mouse (M-GUWSRSV, Elecom, Japan). |
Brushless motor | Maxon | EC-45 | A component of the insect-controlled robot for driving a wheel. |
White polystyrene ball | A component of the insect-controlled robot. Diameter 50 mm, mass approximately 2 g. | ||
Bombykol: (E,Z)-10,12-hexadecadien-1-ol |
Shin-Etsu chemical | Custom synthesis. | |
n-hexane | Wako | 085-00416 | Solvent for bombykol. |
Wind tunnel | Custom | Pulling-air type, sized 1,800 × 900 × 300 mm L × W × H. | |
BioSignal program | Custom | A program to establish serial communication between the insect-controlled robot and a PC via Bluetooth. Used for sending commands to start/stop the robot or configuring its motor properties. | |
Camcorder | Sony | HDR-XR520V | Capture robot movements. |
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