Journal: bioRxiv
Article Title: Automated escape system: identifying prey’s kinematic and behavioral features critical for predator evasion
doi: 10.1101/2023.07.02.547369
Figure Lengend Snippet: (A) When a predator is within the search circle (the outer yellow circle), its uppermost point (green-filled circle) is automatically tracked in real-time. (B) When the predator’s uppermost point is detected in the reaction circle (the blue inner circle), the laptop computer sends a signal to the microcontroller board. The board then sends movement commands to the motor, which rolls up the string. This causes the weight (with prey) attached to the string to start moving.
Article Snippet: The system comprised a USB camera (DMK33UX287, The Imaging Source Co., Ltd., Bremen, Germany), a laptop (DAIV 5N 20075N-CML, Mouse Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10875H @ 2.30GHz), a microcontroller board (UNO R3, Elegoo Inc., Shenzhen, China) with a motor driver shield (SU-1201, EK Japan Co., Ltd., Fukuoka, Japan), a DC motor (RE-260RA, Mabuchi motor Co., Ltd., Chiba, Japan) with a pulley (diameter = 50 mm), and a weight connected to the pulley by a string ( ).
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