--- title: Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera | daily.dev description: Jeremy built a stereo camera system to photograph and track bees in flight, tackling challenges like USB transmission latency, frame rate vs. resolution... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera | daily.dev og:description: Jeremy built a stereo camera system to photograph and track bees in flight, tackling challenges like USB transmission latency, frame rate vs. resolution... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XFOfldsin.png og:image:alt: Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Jeremy built a stereo camera system to photograph and track bees in flight, tackling challenges like USB transmission latency, frame rate vs. resolution tradeoffs, focal length selection, and the need for global shutter sensors to avoid rolling shutter artifacts. Using two synchronized cameras, the system aims to determine a bee's 3D position in real time fast enough to physically aim a camera at it. The project is still in progress, with the hardware design phase largely complete. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### why do global shutter cameras avoid the jello effect that rolling shutter cameras produce Global shutter sensors capture every pixel at the same instant, while rolling shutter sensors scan the image row by row, causing distortion known as the jello effect when the subject or camera moves quickly. This also removes uncertainty about exactly when the shutter fired, which matters for synchronizing fast-moving or stereo camera setups. _daily.dev surfaces build logs like this for makers comparing camera sensors for motion-tracking projects._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebee](https://daily.dev/posts/mit-engineers-design-an-aerial-microrobot-that-can-fly-as-fast-as-a-bumblebee-nflz3dyrc) · Robohub · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Designing a Functional-Looking Spy Drone with an Insect-Like Form](https://daily.dev/posts/designing-a-functional-looking-spy-drone-with-an-insect-like-form-qpfcotitf) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Process 4 Billion Pixels Per Second From 16 DIY Cameras For The Best V-Tubing Rig Ever](https://daily.dev/posts/process-4-billion-pixels-per-second-from-16-diy-cameras-for-the-best-v-tubing-rig-ever-2ych32ioh) · Hackaday · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#computer-vision](https://daily.dev/tags/computer-vision), [#image-processing](https://daily.dev/tags/image-processing) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin"},"datePublished":"2026-08-09T05:26:55.842Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T09:08:02.070Z","description":"Jeremy built a stereo camera system to photograph and track bees in flight, tackling challenges like USB transmission latency, frame rate vs. resolution...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/45e4184e8a97727c2132b39b991aa0a7?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/45e4184e8a97727c2132b39b991aa0a7?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"computer-vision,image-processing","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Tracking Bees With A Stereo Camera"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/tracking-bees-with-a-stereo-camera-xfofldsin#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"why do global shutter cameras avoid the jello effect that rolling shutter cameras produce","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Global shutter sensors capture every pixel at the same instant, while rolling shutter sensors scan the image row by row, causing distortion known as the jello effect when the subject or camera moves quickly. 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