Lagging detection
Manual scoring is subjective and slow; simple sensors miss fine or rare events and struggle with multi-animal interaction.
Closed-loop Control
Intelligent Closed-loop
Behavior Detection
Computer vision, edge compute, and flexible trigger logic — track pose in real time, recognize custom behaviors, and drive optogenetics, electrophysiology, and recording devices for detect-to-intervene closed loops.
Single-viewOverhead behavior capture
MultiParallel animal tracking
TTLEvent sync trigger
Open I/OStandard TTL · opto / ephys / imaging
WHY CLOSED-LOOP
Traditional methods fall short of causal loops
Passive observation is no longer enough — lagging detection, fragmented systems, rigid paradigms, and brittle algorithms limit closed-loop timing and precision.
Low integration
Tracking and stimulation are often separate — sync and latency are hard to control, limiting closed-loop timing.
Limited flexibility
Many systems lock to one paradigm — hard to move from position tracking to pose or custom behaviors like maternal care.
Processing bottlenecks
Classical vision is fragile to lighting, occlusion, and individual variation — weak on pose-defined complex behaviors.
CORE CAPABILITIES
Monitor, parse, and trigger in one chain
Real-time monitoring, intelligent analysis, and precise closed-loop feedback in one chain — from pose to custom behavior to external device triggers.
Real-time monitoring
High-precision position and pose for one or many animals — full timelines and spatial conditions like social distance.
AI behavior parsing
Compatible with DeepLabCut, YOLO, and custom models — recognize user-defined complex behaviors with stronger robustness.
Precise closed-loop trigger
Low-latency rule engine outputs TTL sync signals on condition combinations — drive optogenetics, stimulators, and recorders.
PRODUCT FEATURES
A closed-loop foundation for complex behavior research
AI precision, a closed-loop core, and open interfaces — from standard rodent paradigms to custom mid/large-animal setups.
AI
High precision & robustness
Deep learning for keypoints, pose, and behavior — stronger than classical vision; load your own trained models.
Loop
Low-latency loop core
Minimize detect-to-trigger delay; rules span simple to complex condition trees for diverse designs.
Species
Species & scene ready
Standard mouse/rat support; customizable for hamster, guinea pig, monkey, dog, and arenas, mazes, home cages, social boxes.
TTL
Open hardware I/O
Standard event-sync triggers connect to mainstream optogenetics, electrophysiology, imaging, and other I/O.
OS
Cross-platform software
Core control software runs on Windows and Linux — fits existing lab platforms and workstations.
Auto
Automation gains
Replace manual watch and triggers — higher throughput, objectivity, and reproducibility for complex assays.
USE CASES
From social stimulation to parturition marking
One detect → rule → TTL chain — either drive optogenetic intervention or stamp neural recordings with precise behavior timestamps.
Intervention loop
Multi-animal tracking & social-distance loop
Track multiple mice in an open field and their pairwise distance. When distance falls below a set threshold (e.g. 5 cm), the rule engine fires TTL via the event sync trigger to drive optogenetic stimulation of a target region — probing causal effects on social approach or avoidance, with live distance, track masks, and trigger state on screen.
- Detect: multi-animal pose · live distance
- Rule: distance < threshold (configurable)
- Output: TTL → optogenetic stim
- Readout: approach / avoidance change
Sync recording
Parturition-triggered signal logging
An AI model monitors parturition in real time. On key events such as first or second pup birth, the system immediately emits TTL to an external calcium / imaging recorder — writing precise behavior timestamps onto the neural timeline for post-hoc alignment of delivery-related activity and behavior sequences.
- Detect: parturition key events
- Rule: 1st / 2nd pup birth
- Output: TTL → calcium / recorder
- Readout: neural–behavior alignment
DEVICE LINKAGE
Behavior-contingent intervention and recording
When behavior conditions are met, drive external devices instantly — stimulation and recording share one trigger path.
Optogenetics
Behavior-contingent optical stimulation for causal circuit intervention.
Electrophysiology stimulators
Timed or conditional electrical stimulation aligned to behavior windows.
Imaging & recording
Auto-start or TTL-mark sync recordings — align neural signals to behavior timestamps.
Extensible I/O
Standard interfaces for additional stimuli, reward/punishment, or environment control.
WORKFLOW
From setup to live loop and logging
From scene capture to live closed loop and event logging — one software stack for setup, rules, monitoring, and recording.
01
2D behavior capture
Capture scene video to train or validate tracking and behavior models.
02
Setup & calibration
Deploy workstation and cameras, configure the arena, connect and calibrate external triggers.
03
Experiment configuration
Define closed-loop rules (logic, signal type/duration) and video/event logging options.
04
Live monitor & loop
AI parses pose or target behaviors live; on match, send control signals while the UI shows detection and trigger state.
05
Capture & storage
Auto-save experiment video, trigger timestamps, and key parameters for replay and publication.
GUI
Unified software workflow
One GUI for setup, model loading, rule editing, live monitoring, and light visualization — no tool hopping.
SPECIFICATIONS
Edge compute and open interfaces
Edge compute + open triggers + customizable species/scenes — modular fit to existing lab gear.
ComputeJetson AGX Orin 64GB · up to 275 TOPS
CoreLive monitor · AI recognition · rules · TTL trigger
ModelsDeepLabCut · YOLO · custom models
TrackingSingle / multi · position · pose · behavior events
I/OEvent sync (TTL etc.) · opto / ephys / recording
SoftwareWindows · Linux · visual rules & live monitor
SpeciesMouse / rat standard · mid/large animals customizable
ScenesOpen field · maze · home cage · social box
ServicesIntegration · device commissioning · paradigm & model customization
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