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Pellet Conveyor

Build your own

The instructions below will guide you through building one rack, all necessary sub-components, and the process of setting up and using all required programs, scripts, and analysis pipelines. Each rack allows running eight animals, four on each of two conveyors, both of which are simultaneously controlled by one Arduino unit to improve synchrony. The processing power of the recommended computer limits OBS to handle only eight simultaneous camera inputs, hence the unit controls only two conveyors. The placement of cameras, references tracked by DeepLabCut, and algorithms for detecting and analyzing certain movements are customizable, but some knowledge about 3D modeling, 3D printing, and coding in Python will be required if you desire to do such customization.

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Conveyor Build Guide

This guide will take you through building the physical components of the unit.

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Fabricated Components - STLs & Fusion 360 Files

Click download to access all files in a compressed archive.

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User Manuals and Protocols

Download documents about using the device and associated tools

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Computing Resources

Guides and scripts for video recording, AI tracking, and reach analysis

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