Purdue University's Department of Entomology will showcase a robot that can digitize insects and collection data in an event called "Labelpalooza."
Graduate student Julie Speelman says the robot, called BugEye, is an automated camera that uses 3-D imaging to scan drawers of insects.
There are 1,500 drawers housing more than one-million specimens that still must be digitized.
Curatorial assistant Gareth Powell says as part of "Labelpalooza," students and staff from the entomology department will help label at least 60 drawers of insects in preparation to be scanned.
The public is invited to watch the activity in Smith Hall from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today.