Congdon Jenna V, Hosseini Mina, Gading Ezekiel F, Masousi Mahdi, Franke Maria, MacDonald Suzanne E
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health, York University, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
Toronto Zoo Wildlife Conservancy, Toronto Zoo, Toronto, ON M1B 5K7, Canada.
Animals (Basel). 2022 Jul 1;12(13):1711. doi: 10.3390/ani12131711.
With many advancements, technologies are now capable of recording non-human animals' location, heart rate, and movement, often using a device that is physically attached to the monitored animals. However, to our knowledge, there is currently no technology that is able to do this unobtrusively and non-invasively. Here, we review the history of technology for use with animals, recent technological advancements, current limitations, and a brief introduction to our proposed novel software. Canadian tech mogul EAIGLE Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) software solution capable of determining where people and assets are within public places or attractions for operational intelligence, security, and health and safety applications. The solution also monitors individual temperatures to reduce the potential spread of COVID-19. This technology has been adapted for use at the Toronto Zoo, initiated with a focus on Sumatran orangutans () given the close physical similarity between orangutans and humans as great ape species. This technology will be capable of mass data collection, individual identification, pose estimation, behaviour monitoring and tracking orangutans' locations, in real time on a 24/7 basis, benefitting both zookeepers and researchers looking to review this information.
随着诸多技术进步，如今的技术能够记录非人类动物的位置、心率和活动情况，通常使用的是一种物理附着在被监测动物身上的设备。然而，据我们所知，目前尚无技术能够在不引人注意且非侵入性的情况下做到这一点。在此，我们回顾了用于动物的技术发展历程、近期的技术进步、当前的局限性，并简要介绍我们提出的新型软件。加拿大科技巨头EAIGLE公司开发了一种人工智能（AI）软件解决方案，该方案能够确定人员和资产在公共场所或景点内的位置，用于运营情报、安全以及健康与安全应用。该解决方案还会监测个体体温，以减少新冠病毒的潜在传播。这项技术已被应用于多伦多动物园，鉴于猩猩作为类人猿物种与人类在身体特征上极为相似，最初是以苏门答腊猩猩为重点展开应用的。这项技术将能够全天候实时进行大规模数据收集、个体识别、姿势估计、行为监测以及追踪猩猩的位置，这对动物园饲养员和希望查看这些信息的研究人员都将有所助益。
