Our DIY tools and various SmartHome/IoT devices used in our projects
DIY experimental setups (insects)
A flight simulator for recording flight direction in tethered diurnal insects
Project: Orientation and Navigation in diurnal Lepidoptera
Status: tested and used in MagButterfly project
A flight simulator for recording flight direction in tethered nocturnal insects
Project: Orientation and Navigation in nocturnal Lepidoptera
Status: tested and used in MagMoth project
A setup for manipulating different directional cues (magnetic, celestial, and visual)
Project: Multi-cue integration and compass calibration in insects
Status: working prototype
A wingbeat assay (a flight simulator with IR sensor and high-speed camera)
Project: Magnetosensing in Lepidoptera
Status: working prototype
A dragonfly flight chamber
Project: Compass systems in migratory dragonflies
Status: working prototype
Virtual Reality arena
Project: Multi-cue integration in migratory insects
Status: prototype preparation
DIY experimental setups (birds, fish and bats)
A modified version of experimental setup to study compass calibration in migratory songbirds (CalOri setup)
Project: Compass calibration and a hierarchy of compass systems in migratory birds
Status: tested and used in MagBirds project
A modified Circular Release Box for measuring take-off direction in migratory bats
Project: Orientation and Navigation in migratory bats
Status: tested and used in MagBats project
A three-camera setup for 3D pose reconstruction
Project: Magnetic behaviour (head scans) in migratory birds
Status: tested and used in MagBirds project
VideoEmlenFunnel: analysis of avian migratory direction in modified Emlen funnels using videorecording systems
Project: Orientation and Navigation in migratory songbirds
Status: tested and used in MagBirds project
4-arm and 8-arm mazes for zebrafish studies
Project: Magnetoreception in fish
Status: working prototype
DIY videorecorders, weather stations, traps, etc
BehaviourCam Box
Project: Videorecording of animal behaviour in our lab and field projects
Automatic MothMonitoring system
Project: Wildlife monitoring and citizen science (prototype)
Our guides
Portable Locomotor Activity Monitor
(fruit flies, Lepidoptera and other insects)
