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Digital Enrichment: Parrots and computers adapt to each other to create gamified data collection

Constance Woodman.

Field Data Services, Austin, TX, USA

Abstract


When animals interact with software, animal-interactive software can make simple decisions and train animals in how to use the software. Decisions by the software allow for the software to provide bridge and rewards, change difficulty in real time in response to animal activity, pause taking data in sub-optimal conditions, and collect multi-variate data. Data include position, task type, vocalization volume, and task successes or outcomes. Automated software offers improvements on gathering data on perception and behavior. Behavior based tests may involve complex animal training tasks. The human element of training can reduce replicability and the time intensive nature of training can limit n-values as well as scope. Through a gamified, auto-shaping system, multiple species of parrots learned to carry out a desired task set without human presence at any step. The task required moving a cursor linked to body position to interact with onscreen elements, while the computed recorded pre, during, and post data.

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