Blackbox Bio
Automated, high-throughput behavioral analysis for in vivo research. Objective, machine-learning-driven rodent behavior screening, from a single recording.
The Platform
The Standard for In Vivo Behavior
Our original rodent imaging instrument for high-fidelity, streamlined data acquisition. Capture body video and paw print data for a single mouse or rat, or run four animals at once with the optional 4-chamber setup.
Most Advanced In Vivo Platform Ever Created
Totally redesigned to enable a range of new capabilities. Everything in the Blackbox One, plus a larger recording area with improved sensitivity and an available 3D Module with four additional lateral cameras.
Rodents move naturally inside an opaque black chamber in apparent darkness, recorded from below with a near-infrared enhanced HD machine vision camera.
Body pose is captured with a rapid pulse of NIR light, while plantar contact area and weight distribution of each paw are recorded separately by our proprietary sensor.
The data streams combine into a high-speed, high-resolution video ethogram, revealing behaviors that are scored automatically and with high sensitivity.
Software
Blackbox’s cutting-edge software for acquiring & analyzing rodent behavior data
Our palmreader software is a data management and analysis tool that provides access to machine-learning rodent-behavioral analysis algorithms to automate measurement of paw luminance ratios (representing relative weight borne on each paw) and body pose estimation, and enables users to train convolutional neural networks to automate human-scored behaviors of interest.
Analysis
Every session yields posture, weight bearing, gait and behavior data, with no extra animals and no extra runs.
Scientific Applications
Blackbox enables objective behavioral analysis across a wide range of preclinical research areas.
Quantify pain states and sensory dysfunction with objective endpoints.
Gait
Weight Bearing
Posture
Behavior
Assess injury and recovery across musculoskeletal models.
GaitWeight BearingPosture
Activity
Measure functional impairment and recovery after neural injury.
GaitWeight BearingPostureBehavior
Automatically detect and quantify itch-related and other sensory behaviors.
Behavior
Scratching
GroomingPosture
Measure treatment response and optimize drug candidates.
Efficacy
Dose Responses
RecoveryBehavior
Identify and quantify adverse effects and treatment tolerability.
BehaviorActivityGaitPosture
Evaluate motor function and disease progression in neuromuscular models.
GaitPosture
StrengthActivity
Characterize motor deficits and disease progression in neurodegenerative models.
GaitPosture
TremorActivity
Investigate cognitive functions and social interactions.
Social Interaction
Exploration
MemoryBehaviorTrusted Worldwide
Over 100 laboratories across academia, government and pharma rely on Blackbox.
We are transforming rodent behavior screening by partnering with researchers to deliver automated, high-throughput behavioral analysis that enables deeper insights and more reproducible results. Contact us to learn how Blackbox can support your lab.
