Wild Kinematics helps researchers and organizations design movement studies, capture high-quality motion data, and turn it into meaningful biological insights.
Biology comes first: we help obtaining measurements that are most relevant to your biological question.
Why measure behavior through kinematics?
Subtle maneuvers, escape behavior, or courtship displays often happen too fast or are too subtle for standard video or observation. Using high-resolution kinematics allows you to extract precise metrics, revealing deeper mechanisms (such as energetic costs, individual performance limits, or fine-scale behavioral variations).
The challenge?
Acquiring appropriate, reliable kinematic measurements can feel like learning a whole new discipline on top of the science you already do.
Without specialized support, common hurdles arise:
- • Where do I start with hardware? Choosing camera placements, frame rates, and lighting setups adapted to your biological question.
- • Which tracking tool should I use? Deciding whether to invest in commercial tracking platforms or learn to use open-source algorithms.
- • What do I do with all my raw footage? Sitting on hundreds of gigabytes of video without a clear analytical pipeline to extract meaningful variables.
This is where Wild Kinematics can help.
