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An autonomous robot for continuous tracking of millimetric-sized walkers.
Serrano-Muñoz, A; Frayle-Pérez, S; Reyes, A; Almeida, Y; Altshuler, E; Viera-López, G.
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  • Serrano-Muñoz A; Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, Physics Faculty, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
  • Frayle-Pérez S; Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, Physics Faculty, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
  • Reyes A; Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, Physics Faculty, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
  • Almeida Y; Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
  • Altshuler E; Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, Physics Faculty, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
  • Viera-López G; Group of Complex Systems and Statistical Physics, Physics Faculty, University of Havana, 10400 Havana, Cuba.
Rev Sci Instrum ; 90(1): 014102, 2019 Jan.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30709231
The precise and continuous tracking of millimetric-sized walkers-such as ants-is quite important in behavioral studies. However, due to technical limitations, most studies concentrate on trajectories within areas no more than 100 times bigger than the size of the walker or longer trajectories at the expense of either accuracy or continuity. Our work describes a scientific instrument designed to push the boundaries of precise and continuous motion analysis up to 1000 body lengths or more. It consists of a mobile robotic platform that uses digital image processing techniques to track the targets in real time by calculating their spatial position. During the experiments, all the images are stored and afterwards processed to estimate with higher precision the path traced by the walkers. Some preliminary results achieved using the proposed tracking system are presented.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Rev Sci Instrum Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Cuba País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: Rev Sci Instrum Ano de publicação: 2019 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Cuba País de publicação: Estados Unidos