Blast Theory

Three years after its initial staging, Cat Royale has now delivered a further research contribution through the development of a technical computer vision dataset based on the raw video footage captured from the artwork’s filming. The Cat Royale Comprehensive Dataset (CRCD) is a Computer Vision dataset leveraging 500 hours of video captured for use in the touring movie and social media highlights. Leveraging expert annotation, and advanced AI tools and pipelines in its creation, this new dataset will enable experts in Computer Vision, Robotics, Animal Behaviour and Art to gain new insights on Cat Royale, enabling future works and greater understanding.

Outputs and Highlights

Cao, D., Tandavanitj, N., Adams, M., Farr, J.R., Schneiders, E., Salimbeni, G., Pound, M., Mancini, C. and Benford, S., 2025. Cat Royale: A case study of artist-led AI research. Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 295, pp.16-25.

CRCD complete, release date to be announced.

Toolkit complete, release date to be announced.