Abstract: An apparatus for monitoring experimental animals is provided in a rack including cages each for confining an experimental animal. The apparatus includes at least one rail unit including a rail group having a first rail disposed at one side of the cage; at least one drive unit electrically connected to the at least one rail unit and including a drive disposed at one side of the first rail and operatively connected thereto so that the drive is configured to activate the first rail; at least one control unit including a controller disposed at the other side of the first rail, a first mounting board disposed on a bottom of the controller, and a second mounting board secured to the first mounting board and disposed on the first rail; and at least one sensor unit including a sensor secured to the controller and electrically connected thereto.

Abstract: A method of monitoring experimental animals includes the steps of (1) obtaining image data from a self-moved device to form an image data set; (2) converting key frames of the image data of the image data set to still images; (3) performing a GUI program of a computer to label a coordinate of a target object of the still images as a label data and storing the label data in the computer, and labeling the label data as a target data set, (4) inputting data of the target data set into a machine learning platform and establishing an identification model; (5) placing the identification model in at least one control unit; and (6) forming a new target data set by subjecting a new image data to steps (2) and (3), and comparing the new target data set with the identification model to obtain an identification result.