The system of claim 1, wherein the decapitation station comprises a blade assembly having at least two slots between the blades, each capable of receiving a neck of the mosquito, and wherein the computer vision system is further configured to detect a position of at least one of the head and the neck of the mosquito when it is approaching or between the blades and is configured to determine on which side the mosquito is lying.ġ3.
The system of claim 1, wherein the extrusion/collection station is configured to compress the thorax of the decapitated mosquito by at least one of a finger, a blade, a water jet, an air jet, and a suction device.ġ2. The system of claim 1, further comprising: a robotic pick-and-place apparatus configured to transfer the mosquito to the decapitation station, wherein the computer vision system comprises at least one camera and is configured to detect the presence, position, and orientation of the head and proboscis of the mosquito.ġ1.
The system of claim 1, wherein the cleaning/disposal station is configured to collect and remove decapitated mosquitoes comprises at least one of a rotary cleaning brush, an air dispenser, a water dispenser, and a suction system.ġ0. The system of claim 1, further comprising head disposal apparatus configured to dispose the head and the proboscis of the decapitated mosquito.ĩ. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotatable turntable is rotatable to advance the mosquito through each station.Ĩ. The system of claim 1, further comprising a robotic pick-and-place apparatus having a gripper mechanism to transfer a mosquito from an open repository containing a plurality of mosquitos to a staging area.ħ. The system of claim 1, wherein the rotatable turntable is configured to accept the mosquito from an operator manually placing the mosquito on the rotatable turntable.Ħ. The system of claim 1, wherein the proboscis of the mosquito is positioned at an outer edge of one of the plurality of staging areas.ĥ. The system of claim 2, wherein each open area of each of the stalls narrows toward the outer edge of the rotatable turntable.Ĥ.
The system of claim 1, wherein each staging area comprises a stall having an open area to receive a mosquito.ģ. A system for dissecting mosquitoes, comprising: a rotatable turntable having an outer edge a plurality of staging areas arranged radially on the rotatable turntable at the outer edge, each staging area having an open area to receive a mosquito having a proboscis, a head, a neck, and a thorax a computer vision system to detect at least one of a presence, a position, and an orientation of the mosquito within one of the plurality of staging areas on the turntable a decapitation station having a means to decapitate the mosquito, the means comprising at least one of blades, a laser, a fluid jet, and an air jet, and wherein a decapitated mosquito is the mosquito without the proboscis and the head an extrusion/collection station to receive the decapitated mosquito and to extract and collect salivary glands from the thorax of the decapitated mosquito and a cleaning/disposal station to collect the decapitated mosquito after the extrusion/collection station and to clean the one of the plurality of staging areas that received the mosquito.Ģ.
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