BBC Bird Trainer

As a result of my Internet-Enabled Cat Feeder invention I was commisioned by the BBC's Natural History Unit to design and build an automated bird trainer/feeder in support of an animal behaviour research project being undertaken by them and the University of Bristol. The project was based on 'operant conditioning' and involved training crows to drop litter into a bin in order to receive a food reward. The feeder was fully automated using infrared light beams to detect deposited litter and could also be triggered remotely to aid the training process.