The CATS Cam is one of the most advanced wildlife recording devices worldwide. The video module is fully controlled by a CATS Diary and is available as a 2k or 4k version.
The device is fully wireless, whether its for recharging, programming or downloading files. Various duty cycling options are available for video recording, including delay times, fixed recording duration at start-up, time of day duty cycling and loop recording. In addition, video recording can be triggered by any of the sensors recording the animal’s movement or environmental parameters (e.g. accelerometer, pressure transducer, light sensor etc.). These advanced trigger options make the CATS Cam a powerful tool for researchers, enabling them to acquire video recordings of specific events and at times of interest.

As with all CATS devices, the CATS Cam can be integrated into any float/housing and the recording capabilities (battery and memory capacity) can be customized to the specific needs of the species and the project.

As animals and their environments differ, CATS customizes each CATS Cam to the specific requirements, whether for terrestrial use, above or below the surface of the oceans.

The CATS Cam is a high-resolution, multi-sensor recorder capable of resolving fine-scale movement with the valuable addition of video recordings. In the past, IMU and TDR analysis often failed to accurately identify the exact behaviour recorded, leaving many results open to the researcher’s interpretation. With the CATS Cam, scientists are now able to verify these recordings via the video images and the soundscape.

The CATS Cam user interface is windows-based.

The below table gives a rough overview over features, specs and options.

Type CATS Cam 2k (CC 2k) CATS Cam 4k (CC 4k)
Features
  • wireless programming / downloading
  • wireless charging
  • duty cycling and sensor triggering
  • good low light performance
  • wireless programming / downloading
  • wireless charging
  • duty cycling and sensor triggering
  • high resolution footage
Resolution up to 1920 x 1080 up to 3840 x 2160
Codec H264, H265 H264, H265

Framerate

 30 fps 30 fps

Basic sensors
  • IMU acc: sampling up to 400 Hz (2, 4, 8, 16 g range)
  • IMU gyro: sampling up to 400 Hz (250, 500, 1000, 2000 dps range)
  • IMU mag: sampling up to 100 Hz
  • Light: sampling up to 10 Hz
  • Depth & temperature: sampling up to 100 Hz (500 m rated)
  • IMU acc: sampling up to 400 Hz
    (2, 4, 8, 16 g range)
  • IMU gyro: sampling up to 400 Hz
    (250, 500, 1000, 2000 dps range)
  • IMU mag: sampling up to 100 Hz
  • Light: sampling up to 10 Hz
  • Depth & temperature: sampling up to 100 Hz (500 m rated)
Add-ons
  • GPS: fast acquisition, sampling up to 10 Hz
  • hydrophone (HTI 96 min or HTI 99 HF): sampling at 24, 48, 96 or 192 kHz, gain range from -60 dB to + 4 dB
  • LEDs (IR, deep red, white)
  • SWS
  • GPS: fast acquisition, sampling up to 10 Hz
  • hydrophone (HTI 96 min or HTI 99 HF): sampling at 24, 48, 96 or 192 kHz, gain range from -60 dB to + 4 dB
  • LEDs (IR, deep red, white)
  • SWS
Recording duration Battery capacity can be customized Battery capacity can be customized
Design type can be customized (i.e. glue-on, pop-up, towed etc) can be customized (i.e. glue-on, pop-up, towed etc)
Dimensions starting from 200 gr and 10 x 4 x 3 cm starting from 270 gr and 12 x 4 x 4 cm
Pricing starting from 9500 AUD starting from 12750 AUD

As every species and project has their own requirements, we offer a range of assembly options.
From direct attachments (e.g. seals or penguins) and pop-up floats (e.g. cetaceans or turtles) to towed systems (e.g. sharks).

Please use the below form to tell us what you require and we will do our best to come up with a solution.