ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
Mechanisms of ovipositor insertion and steering of a parasitic wasp.
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- Flexible Needle Steering with Tethered and Untethered Actuation: Current States, Targeting Errors, Challenges and Opportunities.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2023Review
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- Modelling biological puncture: a mathematical framework for determining the energetics and scaling.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- The biomechanics of the locust ovipositor valves: a unique digging apparatus.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2022Article
- Design and evaluation of an MRI-ready, self-propelled needle for prostate interventions.PloS one · 2022Article
- Bioinspired Rotation Microneedles for Accurate Transdermal Positioning and Ultraminimal-Invasive Biomarker Detection with Mechanical Robustness.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Drilling into solid substrates with slender beam-like structures is a mechanical challenge, but is regularly done by female parasitic wasps. The wasp inserts her ovipositor into solid substrates to deposit eggs in hosts, and even seems capable of steering the ovipositor while drilling. The ovipositor generally consists of three longitudinally connected valves that can slide along each other. Alternative valve movements have been hypothesized to be involved in ovipositor damage avoidance and steering during drilling. However, none of the hypotheses have been tested in vivo. We used 3D and 2D motion analysis to quantify the probing behavior of the fruit-fly parasitoid
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