Here’s a link to the @cbcradio interview with @DMennill about research being conducted by @KatrinaMSwitzer in @ACGuanacaste supervised by @steph_doucet and @DMennill and using the super cool #robotoads made by @MisterSavi
cbc.ca/player/play/12…
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January 28, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Here’s a link to the @cbcradio interview with @DMennill about research being conducted by @KatrinaMSwitzer in @ACGuanacaste supervised by @steph_doucet and @DMennill and using the super cool #robotoads made by @MisterSavi
cbc.ca/player/play/12…
cbc.ca/player/play/12…
A productive Reading Week in the Mennill Lab has included preparing a new microphone array system, and gathering parts for an army of #RoboToads for the upcoming field season. #WindsorScience
November 22, 2024 at 12:06 AM
A productive Reading Week in the Mennill Lab has included preparing a new microphone array system, and gathering parts for an army of #RoboToads for the upcoming field season. #WindsorScience
Our army of #RoboToads is now hopping from @UWindsor to @ACGuanacaste for our collaborative study of colour signalling in Costa Rican Yellow Toads.
@KatrinaMSwitzer @MisterSavi @Steph_Doucet @ScienceUWindsor
@KatrinaMSwitzer @MisterSavi @Steph_Doucet @ScienceUWindsor
November 21, 2024 at 11:34 PM
Our army of #RoboToads is now hopping from @UWindsor to @ACGuanacaste for our collaborative study of colour signalling in Costa Rican Yellow Toads.
@KatrinaMSwitzer @MisterSavi @Steph_Doucet @ScienceUWindsor
@KatrinaMSwitzer @MisterSavi @Steph_Doucet @ScienceUWindsor
Our #RoboToads have arrived in Costa Rica, hopping through the leaf litter of the Tropical Dry Forests of @ACGuanacaste. Now we wait for the rainy season, when Yellow Toads will emerge and @KatrinaMSwitzer and her team can study the toads' responses to the robots.
November 21, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Our #RoboToads have arrived in Costa Rica, hopping through the leaf litter of the Tropical Dry Forests of @ACGuanacaste. Now we wait for the rainy season, when Yellow Toads will emerge and @KatrinaMSwitzer and her team can study the toads' responses to the robots.
RoboToads in Science! Our research on Yellow Toads is featured in a new article on 3D Printing in @ScienceMagazine by @MattBWarren: http://bit.do/3DPrint
(3D animal prints by @MisterSavi; graduate studies by @KatrinaMSwitzer; supported by @NSERC_CRSNG @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste)
(3D animal prints by @MisterSavi; graduate studies by @KatrinaMSwitzer; supported by @NSERC_CRSNG @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste)
November 21, 2024 at 11:17 PM
RoboToads in Science! Our research on Yellow Toads is featured in a new article on 3D Printing in @ScienceMagazine by @MattBWarren: http://bit.do/3DPrint
(3D animal prints by @MisterSavi; graduate studies by @KatrinaMSwitzer; supported by @NSERC_CRSNG @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste)
(3D animal prints by @MisterSavi; graduate studies by @KatrinaMSwitzer; supported by @NSERC_CRSNG @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste)
Katy's team has built arenas, created platforms for the #RoboToads, and transported everything into the forest @ACGuanacaste. Now we're ready for the rainy season to arrive.
November 21, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Katy's team has built arenas, created platforms for the #RoboToads, and transported everything into the forest @ACGuanacaste. Now we're ready for the rainy season to arrive.
Which ones are RoboToads? Can you tell a 3D-printed #RoboToad from an actual Yellow Toad (Incilius luetkenii)?
(Toad Day photo by @KiirstiO. RoboToads designed by @MisterSavi & @KatrinaMSwitzer supervised by @Steph_Doucet & @DMennill of @UWindsor.)
(Toad Day photo by @KiirstiO. RoboToads designed by @MisterSavi & @KatrinaMSwitzer supervised by @Steph_Doucet & @DMennill of @UWindsor.)
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Which ones are RoboToads? Can you tell a 3D-printed #RoboToad from an actual Yellow Toad (Incilius luetkenii)?
(Toad Day photo by @KiirstiO. RoboToads designed by @MisterSavi & @KatrinaMSwitzer supervised by @Steph_Doucet & @DMennill of @UWindsor.)
(Toad Day photo by @KiirstiO. RoboToads designed by @MisterSavi & @KatrinaMSwitzer supervised by @Steph_Doucet & @DMennill of @UWindsor.)
What did female Yellow Toads think of our #RoboToads during Katy Switzer's experiment? Many hours of video analysis lie ahead, but these photos from Toad Day look promising! (Photos: @KatrinaMSwitzer and @KiirstiO)
November 21, 2024 at 10:31 PM
What did female Yellow Toads think of our #RoboToads during Katy Switzer's experiment? Many hours of video analysis lie ahead, but these photos from Toad Day look promising! (Photos: @KatrinaMSwitzer and @KiirstiO)
What did male Yellow Toads think of our #RoboToads? These photos from @KatrinaMSwitzer suggest that male Incilius luetkenii found @MisterSavi's 3D prints very lifelike.
November 21, 2024 at 10:19 PM
What did male Yellow Toads think of our #RoboToads? These photos from @KatrinaMSwitzer suggest that male Incilius luetkenii found @MisterSavi's 3D prints very lifelike.
This week we're creating a new generation of RoboToads... RoboToads In Amplexus! We're working with 3D-animal-printing genius @SaviMade. The models will be part of @KatrinaMSwitzer's dissertation studies of Yellow Toads, co-supervised by @Steph_Doucet and myself. #3Dprinting
November 21, 2024 at 6:11 PM
This week we're creating a new generation of RoboToads... RoboToads In Amplexus! We're working with 3D-animal-printing genius @SaviMade. The models will be part of @KatrinaMSwitzer's dissertation studies of Yellow Toads, co-supervised by @Steph_Doucet and myself. #3Dprinting
They might look like Chocolate Frogs to a #HarryPotter fan, but these are our newest 3D-printed #RoboToads with only their base layer of paint. #YellowPaintComingSoon
Excited for our 2019 field season @KatrinaMSwitzer @Steph_Doucet @SaviMade!
Excited for our 2019 field season @KatrinaMSwitzer @Steph_Doucet @SaviMade!
November 21, 2024 at 5:41 PM
They might look like Chocolate Frogs to a #HarryPotter fan, but these are our newest 3D-printed #RoboToads with only their base layer of paint. #YellowPaintComingSoon
Excited for our 2019 field season @KatrinaMSwitzer @Steph_Doucet @SaviMade!
Excited for our 2019 field season @KatrinaMSwitzer @Steph_Doucet @SaviMade!
#RoboToads update: Katy and Lincoln are masking the males to paint the females.
November 21, 2024 at 5:28 PM
#RoboToads update: Katy and Lincoln are masking the males to paint the females.
#RoboToads update: Female skin painted (and spectrophotometry confirms a match with the colour of live female toads). Today @KatrinaMSwitzer and @MisterSavi will start painting male skin.
November 21, 2024 at 5:28 PM
#RoboToads update: Female skin painted (and spectrophotometry confirms a match with the colour of live female toads). Today @KatrinaMSwitzer and @MisterSavi will start painting male skin.
#RoboToads update: Now Katy and Lincoln are masking the females to paint the males. #HereComesTheYellowPaint
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
#RoboToads update: Now Katy and Lincoln are masking the females to paint the males. #HereComesTheYellowPaint
#RoboToads update: Male and female skin painted and spectrophotometrically matched to the skin of Incilius luetkenii. Now @MisterSavi and @KatrinaMSwitzer will bring them to life by painting eyes and cranial ridges.
November 21, 2024 at 5:21 PM
#RoboToads update: Male and female skin painted and spectrophotometrically matched to the skin of Incilius luetkenii. Now @MisterSavi and @KatrinaMSwitzer will bring them to life by painting eyes and cranial ridges.
Robotoad update: Our 2019 robotoads are complete! Thanks @SaviMade for creating these amazingly lifelike 3D-printed animal models.
The #robotoads will hop to Costa Rica next week with Katy, as she begins a new experiment on Neotropical Yellow Toad biology with Stéphanie and I.
The #robotoads will hop to Costa Rica next week with Katy, as she begins a new experiment on Neotropical Yellow Toad biology with Stéphanie and I.
November 21, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Robotoad update: Our 2019 robotoads are complete! Thanks @SaviMade for creating these amazingly lifelike 3D-printed animal models.
The #robotoads will hop to Costa Rica next week with Katy, as she begins a new experiment on Neotropical Yellow Toad biology with Stéphanie and I.
The #robotoads will hop to Costa Rica next week with Katy, as she begins a new experiment on Neotropical Yellow Toad biology with Stéphanie and I.
Side-by-side comparisons of our latest #RoboToads and actual Yellow Toads. We're ready for the rainy season to arrive in Costa Rica, when our PhD student @KatrinaMSwitzer will begin an exciting new experiment.
November 21, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Side-by-side comparisons of our latest #RoboToads and actual Yellow Toads. We're ready for the rainy season to arrive in Costa Rica, when our PhD student @KatrinaMSwitzer will begin an exciting new experiment.
The creative process behind our newest RoboToads. A collaborative research project by @KatrinaMSwitzer @SaviMade @Steph_Doucet and me @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor.
November 21, 2024 at 4:45 PM
The creative process behind our newest RoboToads. A collaborative research project by @KatrinaMSwitzer @SaviMade @Steph_Doucet and me @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor.
Sexual selection in a tropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?
Our new paper in Ethology, where we show females exhibit similar preferences for bright and dull RoboToads, now has page numbers:...
Our new paper in Ethology, where we show females exhibit similar preferences for bright and dull RoboToads, now has page numbers:...
November 19, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Sexual selection in a tropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?
Our new paper in Ethology, where we show females exhibit similar preferences for bright and dull RoboToads, now has page numbers:...
Our new paper in Ethology, where we show females exhibit similar preferences for bright and dull RoboToads, now has page numbers:...
Do females prefer brighter yellow males? With 3D-printed #RoboToads we found no evidence that females prefer bright yellow.
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Paper: "Sexual selection in a neotropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?" https://bit.ly/3w4EqiU
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Paper: "Sexual selection in a neotropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?" https://bit.ly/3w4EqiU
November 19, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Do females prefer brighter yellow males? With 3D-printed #RoboToads we found no evidence that females prefer bright yellow.
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Paper: "Sexual selection in a neotropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?" https://bit.ly/3w4EqiU
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Paper: "Sexual selection in a neotropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?" https://bit.ly/3w4EqiU
Using 3-D printed #RoboToads, we compared female reactions to bright-yellow vs dull-yellow males in triangular arenas. We found no evidence for female preference for brighter-yellow males.
Key paper: https://bit.ly/3GQCwrt
🧵5/6 #AnimBehav2023
Key paper: https://bit.ly/3GQCwrt
🧵5/6 #AnimBehav2023
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Using 3-D printed #RoboToads, we compared female reactions to bright-yellow vs dull-yellow males in triangular arenas. We found no evidence for female preference for brighter-yellow males.
Key paper: https://bit.ly/3GQCwrt
🧵5/6 #AnimBehav2023
Key paper: https://bit.ly/3GQCwrt
🧵5/6 #AnimBehav2023