Building a Motion Capture Lab on a Budget: What Robotics Teams Actually Need

Setting up a motion capture lab can cost anywhere from $5,000 to $500,000. For most robotics teams, extreme sub-millimeter precision is overkill.

In this guide, we outline a $15k hardware stack using off-the-shelf depth sensors, optimized synchronization software, and AI-assisted tracking that delivers 95% of the performance of enterprise optical systems at a fraction of the cost.