Virag, Davor https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3574-7107
Homolak, Jan
Kodvanj, Ivan
Virag, Ana-Marija
Perhoč, Ana Babić
Meglić, Patrik
Šoštarić Mužić, Petra
Knezović, Ana
Osmanović Barilar, Jelena
Cifrek, Mario
Trkulja, Vladimir
Šalković-Petrišić, Melita
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (DOK-2018-09-6526)
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (DOK-2021-02-6419)
Hrvatska Zaklada za Znanost (IP-2018-01-8938)
European Regional Development Fund (GA KK01.1.1.01.0007)
Article History
Accepted: 20 May 2025
First Online: 13 June 2025
Declarations
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: All animal procedures were conducted in accordance with the Croatian Animal Protection Act (Class: 011–01/17–01/77, Reg no: 71–06-0/1–17-2), aligned with European Union legislation. All animal procedures were approved by the Croatian Ministry of Agriculture (EP 378/2022).
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: Preprinting A version of this paper was preprinted on bioRxiv: Preregistration Experiments were not preregistered.The instructional video “How To Build My Friend MIROSLAV” is available on YouTube: A video from two angles of a MIROSLAV prototype with signalling LEDs recording a rat for 1 h is available on Zenodo: Hardware, firmware, and analysis code All MIROSLAV data, from raw data to statistical analysis output, are placed the MIROSLAV-analysis GitHub repository: . This repository is linked with a Zenodo entry: .All MIROSLAV code and hardware designs used in the study are placed in three GitHub repositories:• MIROSLAV-hardware (Zenodo DOI: GitHub URL: ).• MIROSLAV-firmware (Zenodo DOI: GitHub URL: ).• MIROSLAV-analysis (Zenodo DOI: GitHub URL: ).Furthermore, the analysis code is presented as Jupyter notebooks which can be loaded in the web browser (using Google Colab) via a button on the repositories'web pages. The notebooks contain documentation and code output, which can be regenerated/replicated in the web browser by rerunning the code in Colab.Continuous development is done on GitHub. Zenodo repositories are linked, such that each new GitHub release triggers the generation of a new Zenodo snapshot of the entire repository (including all study data). This way, Zenodo DOIs give readers access to both the most recent developments, as well as the full history of the MIROSLAV project, including its state at the time of publications.All code is licensed with GPLv3, supporting further code sharing and collaboration on the MIROSLAV platform.