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AcinoSet: A 3D Pose Estimation Dataset and Baseline Models for Cheetahs in the Wild

Joska, Daniel
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Clark, Liam
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Muramatsu, Naoya
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January 1, 2021
2021 Ieee International Conference On Robotics And Automation (Icra 2021)
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Animals are capable of extreme agility, yet understanding their complex dynamics, which have ecological, biomechanical and evolutionary implications, remains challenging. Being able to study this incredible agility will be critical for the development of next-generation autonomous legged robots. In particular, the cheetah (acinonyx jubatus) is supremely fast and maneuverable, yet quantifying its whole-body 3D kinematic data during locomotion in the wild remains a challenge, even with new deep learning-based methods. In this work we present an extensive dataset of free-running cheetahs in the wild, called AcinoSet, that contains 119,490 frames of multi-view synchronized high-speed video footage, camera calibration files and 7,588 human-annotated frames. We utilize markerless animal pose estimation to provide 2D keypoints. Then, we use three methods that serve as strong baselines for 3D pose estimation tool development: traditional sparse bundle adjustment, an Extended Kalman Filter, and a trajectory optimization-based method we call Full Trajectory Estimation. The resulting 3D trajectories, human-checked 3D ground truth, and an interactive tool to inspect the data is also provided. We believe this dataset will be useful for a diverse range of fields such as ecology, neuroscience, robotics, biomechanics as well as computer vision. Code and data can be found at: https://github.com/African-Robotics-Unit/Acinoset.

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Type
conference paper
DOI
10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9561338
Web of Science ID

WOS:000771405405064

Author(s)
Joska, Daniel
Clark, Liam
Muramatsu, Naoya
Jericevich, Ricardo
Nicolls, Fred
Mathis, Alexander  
Mathis, Mackenzie W.  
Patel, Amir
Date Issued

2021-01-01

Publisher

IEEE

Publisher place

New York

Published in
2021 Ieee International Conference On Robotics And Automation (Icra 2021)
ISBN of the book

978-1-7281-9077-8

Series title/Series vol.

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation ICRA

Start page

13901

End page

13908

Subjects

Automation & Control Systems

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Robotics

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Automation & Control Systems

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Robotics

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state estimation

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motion capture

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systems

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REVIEWED

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Event nameEvent placeEvent date
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)

Xian, PEOPLES R CHINA

May 30-Jun 05, 2021

Available on Infoscience
April 25, 2022
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/187323
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