DeepLabCut-Live! is a new package for real-time animal pose estimation. It allows researchers to design new experiments to give real-time feedback to animals (whether that’s your pet getting treats, or mice performing decision making tasks). Credit: Kane et al, eLife 2020.
DeepLabCut-Live! is a new package for real-time animal pose estimation. It allows researchers to design new experiments to give real-time feedback to animals (whether that's your pet getting treats, or mice performing decision making tasks). Credit: Kane et al, eLife 2020. Behavioral scientists at EPFL introduce DeepLabCut-Live!, a deep-learning tool that can enable real-time feedback studies on animal movement and posture. The software features "maker-less" real-time motion capture, can interface with lab hardware for neurological analysis, and is now available open source for use by researchers. Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", Thanos in the "Avengers", Snoke in "Star Wars", the Na'vi in "Avatar": we have all experienced the wonders of motion-capture, a cinema technique that tracks an actor's movements and "translates" them into computer animation to create a moving, emoting - and maybe one day Oscar-winning - digital character. But what many might not realize is that motion capture isn't limited to the big screen, but extends into science.
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