Abstract: A system and a method are disclosed for determining intent of a human based on human pose. In some embodiments, a processor obtains a plurality of sequential images from a video feed, and determines respective keypoints corresponding a human in each respective image of the plurality of sequential images. The processor aggregates the respective keypoints for each respective image into a pose of the human and transmits a query to a database to find a template that matches the pose by comparing the pose to a plurality of templates poses that translate candidate poses to intent, each template corresponding to an associated intent. The processor receives a reply message from the database that either indicates an intent of the human based on a matching template, or an inability to locate the matching template, and, in response to the reply message indicating the intent of the human, outputs the intent.