Journal Article

Ethoscopes: An open platform for high-throughput ethomics

French, Alice S., Geissmann, Quentin, Garcia Rodriguez, Luis, Jamasb, Arian R., Beckwith, Esteban J., Gilestro, Giorgio F.

2017

Overview

Here, we present the use of ethoscopes, which are machines for high-throughput analysis of behavior in Drosophila and other animals. Ethoscopes provide a software and hardware solution that is reproducible and easily scalable. They perform, in real-time, tracking and profiling of behavior by using a supervised machine learning algorithm, are able to deliver behaviorally triggered stimuli to flies in a feedback-loop mode, and are highly customizable and open source. Ethoscopes can be built easily by using 3D printing technology and rely on Raspberry Pi microcomputers and Arduino boards to provide affordable and flexible hardware. All software and construction specifications are available at http://lab.gilest.ro/ethoscope.

• Publisher: Public Library of Science,Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subject: Algorithms / Animals / Automation / Behavior / Behavior, Animal - physiology / Biology and Life Sciences / Caenorhabditis elegans / Computer and Information Sciences / Computer programs / Construction specifications / Data collection / Drosophila / Drosophila melanogaster / Drosophila melanogaster - physiology / Engineering and technology / Ethology - instrumentation / Ethology - methods / Flight simulation / Forecasts and trends / Hardware / High-throughput screening (Biochemical assaying) / Insects / Learning algorithms / Life sciences / Machine Learning / Medicine and Health Sciences / Methods / Microcomputers / Neurosciences / Printing / Printing, Three-Dimensional / Reproducibility of Results / Research and Analysis Methods / Scientific equipment and supplies / Software / Three dimensional printing / Universal Serial Bus