Blackbox Bio
A unified platform for in vivo behavioral research: automated, high-throughput rodent behavior screening, from capture to objective readouts.
Instruments
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.
The Most Advanced In Vivo Platform Ever Created
Totally redesigned to enable a range of new capabilities. Everything in 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 (NIR)-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, so behaviors are scored automatically, with high sensitivity.
Software
Capture, analyze, and visualize every recording in one app
Palmreader™ runs on your Blackbox workstation and turns each recording into structured behavioral data. Palmreader Ethos scores behaviors frame by frame, while posture, weight-bearing, and gait analyses measure how the body moves, all from the same session. Built-in graphs then let you explore and compare your groups.
Analysis
Every session yields posture, weight bearing, gait, and behavior data, with no extra animals and no extra runs.
Scientific Applications
Quantify pain states and sensory dysfunction with objective endpoints.
Gait
Weight Bearing
Posture
BehaviorAssess injury and recovery across musculoskeletal models.
GaitWeight BearingPosture
ActivityMeasure functional impairment and recovery after neural injury.
GaitWeight BearingPostureBehaviorAutomatically detect and quantify itch-related and other sensory behaviors.
Behavior
Scratching
GroomingPostureMeasure treatment response and optimize drug candidates.
Efficacy
Dose Response
RecoveryBehaviorIdentify and quantify adverse effects and treatment tolerability.
BehaviorActivityGaitPostureEvaluate motor function and disease progression in neuromuscular models.
GaitPosture
StrengthActivityCharacterize motor deficits and disease progression in neurodegenerative models.
GaitPosture
TremorActivityInvestigate cognitive functions and social interactions.
Social Interaction
Exploration
MemoryBehaviorTrusted Worldwide
Users 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.
