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Posted On: October 14th 2026, 11:20 pm
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Birds of prey pull off maneuvers no aircraft can match. At UC Davis, they’re measuring exactly how using #OptiTrack.
At the @ucdbirdlab_mae Center for Animal Locomotion and Innovation (CALI), Professor Christina Harvey and her team fly raptors through a 44-camera OptiTrack volume synced with 1,000fps high-speed video — sub-millimeter flight data that’s informing next-generation drone design and giving rehabilitators quantitative metrics for when an injured bird is ready to fly free.
It’s veterinary medicine and aerospace engineering answering questions neither field could answer alone.
📖 Read the full case study — optitrack.com/bird
Thanks to Christina, her team, the @calraptorcenter California Raptor Center, and @westcoastfalconry West Coast Falconry. 🦅
At the @ucdbirdlab_mae Center for Animal Locomotion and Innovation (CALI), Professor Christina Harvey and her team fly raptors through a 44-camera OptiTrack volume synced with 1,000fps high-speed video — sub-millimeter flight data that’s informing next-generation drone design and giving rehabilitators quantitative metrics for when an injured bird is ready to fly free.
It’s veterinary medicine and aerospace engineering answering questions neither field could answer alone.
📖 Read the full case study — optitrack.com/bird
Thanks to Christina, her team, the @calraptorcenter California Raptor Center, and @westcoastfalconry West Coast Falconry. 🦅
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2 days agoucdbirdlab_mae
Huge thank you to @westcoastfalconry who flew their beautiful birds with us for this day thanks to California Hawking Club connecting us (and will be coming out again in upcoming days!) and the amazing folks at @calraptorcenter for their continued collaboration. Teamwork makes the dream work! We are grateful for this amazing community!
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