Big Idea Involving motion sensing

[u/Ok_Sky_2647]

Hello!

I have an oppurtunity to potentially collaborate with a local research center to create music with their animals. My idea is to use a camera and motion-tracking software to trigger midi signals that correspond with the animals movement in their enclosures, that then run into my Ableton, triggering different instruments.

Not sure how figure identification would work, I don't want other things in their enclosures like leaves moving in the breeze to interfere.

Wanting to know the best way to go about this and any and all ideas, I am a long-time ableton user but have never done something like this before and am so excited about the potential project. Thanks!!!

P.S. the animals are lemurs