A low-cost system for capturing and analyzing the motion of aquatic organisms

摘要

Capture and quantitative analysis of the motion of organisms is a powerful tool that can be used in diverse biological. fields including physiology, behavior, kinematics, and ecology. A number of high-end commercial motion capture and analysis systems that offer a wide array of features and image capture and analysis capabilities are available. However, few, if any, such systems are low cost and could be used for projects with small budgets or by researchers interested in collecting pilot data before upgrading to an expensive motion capture and analysis system. Our paper describes a low-cost (<