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An open research program built around BONES-SEED — ground-truth motion data, free for non-profit institutions. From biomechanics to humanoid control.

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BONES-SEED

The open academic release of our motion dataset.

142,220
Motion Animations
~288h
Total Duration @ 120 fps
Access on Hugging Face
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License & Eligibility

  • Free for non-profit academic institutions (Open Access research required)
  • Also free for startups with annual revenue < $1M USD
  • Click-to-agree access via Hugging Face
  • Attribution required (citation + logo in publications)
  • No redistribution
  • Polish law governs
Full license terms
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Three steps to
BONES-SEED

01
Request access on Hugging Face
Create a free account and submit a request
02
Click-to-agree to academic license
Review and accept the terms of use
03
Download — FBX, BVH, annotations
Instant access to the full dataset
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Universities & Research Labs

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Zhejiang University
Tsinghua University
Peking University
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)
Beihang University
Nanjing University
Tongji University
Fudan University
Harbin Institute of Technology
Southern University of Science and Technology
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Sun Yat-sen University
University of Science and Technology of China
ShanghaiTech University
Westlake University
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
East China Normal University
Shenzhen University
South China University of Technology
Tianjin University
Wuhan University
Beijing Institute of Technology
Beijing Jiaotong University
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
National University of Defense Technology
Renmin University of China
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Northeastern University (China)
Shanghai AI Laboratory
Shanghai University
Soochow University
Southeast University
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
University of Science and Technology Beijing
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Zhejiang University of Technology
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence
Beijing University of Technology
Changsha University of Science and Technology
China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
China University of Petroleum
Chongqing University
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Communication University of China
Donghua University
Fuzhou University
Guangdong University of Technology
Guangzhou University
Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Hefei University of Technology
Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Nankai University
Ningbo University
Northwest A&F University
Sichuan University
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xiamen University
Xidian University
Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California San Diego
Stanford University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Carnegie Mellon University
New York University
The University of Texas
University of Southern California
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Washington
California Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
University of California, Los Angeles
University of Massachusetts
Brown University
Northeastern University
Santa Clara University
University of California, Irvine
University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Arizona State University
Cornell University
Duke University
Florida State University
Harvard University
Hudson County Community College
Johns Hopkins University
Northwestern University
Park University
Princeton University
Purdue University
Stony Brook University
University of California, Riverside
University of Central Missouri
University of Delaware
University of Georgia
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University of Utah
William & Mary
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
The University of Hong Kong
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong Baptist University
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
KAIST
Seoul National University
Korea University
Yonsei University
Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Gyeongsang National University
Hanyang University
Konkuk University
Kyung Hee University
UNIST
University of Ulsan
ETH Zurich
EPFL
Artanim Foundation
University of Geneva
Max Planck Society
Technical University of Munich
RWTH Aachen University
Technical University of Darmstadt
University of Tübingen
Nanyang Technological University
National University of Singapore
Singapore University of Technology and Design
The University of Tokyo
Tohoku University
Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Nagoya University
Rikkyo University
Shonan Institute of Technology
The University of Aizu
Simon Fraser University
University of Toronto
University of Waterloo
Mila - Quebec AI Institute
Red River College Polytechnic
University College London
University of Bristol
Queen Mary University of London
The University of Sheffield
University of Edinburgh
University of Technology Sydney
Deakin University
Swinburne University of Technology
University of Adelaide
Politecnico di Milano
Sapienza University of Rome
University of Bologna
University of Trento
Hanoi University of Science and Technology
University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM
University of Science, VNU-HCM
VNU University of Engineering and Technology
Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence
United Arab Emirates University
Ecole Polytechnique (Institut Polytechnique de Paris)
IMT Nord Europe
INRIA
École Polytechnique
BITS Pilani, Goa Campus
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Reichman University
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Tel Aviv University
ITMO University
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Universidad de Investigacion y Desarrollo
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru
University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC), Peru
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Vicomtech
National Taiwan Normal University
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
TU Wien
HUN-REN SZTAKI
Delft University of Technology
Federal University of Goiás
Czech Technical University in Prague
Technical University of Denmark
University of Turku
Universitas Negeri Malang
Universiti Malaya
Silesian University of Technology
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Manisa Celal Bayar University
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/ What We Offer Partners

Three levels of research collaboration

Tier 01 / Access

Dataset Access

Free. Click-to-agree on Hugging Face. Non-profit institutions only. 142,200 sequences. BVH + FBX + annotations.

Tier 02 / Partner

Research Partner

Direct support from the BONES research team. Internship and residency opportunities for researchers at Bones Studio. Joint publication pipeline.

Tier 03 / Strategic

Strategic Lab

Custom data tailored to your research needs. Video Reference Camera files for BONES-SEED. Joint grant applications (Horizon Europe, NSF). Priority access to new datasets.

/ Join the Network

Interested in collaborating? Let's advance the future of human motion intelligence together.

We partner with universities, research labs, and institutions working on embodied AI, humanoid robotics, biomechanics, and motion analysis.