Understanding Shared Autonomy of Collaborative Humans Using Motion Capture System for Simulating Team Assembly

AbstractRecent epidemiological analyses in fencing have shown that injuries and pain linked specifically to fencing training/competition were evident in 92.8% of fencers. Specifically the prevalence of Achilles tendon pathology has increased substantially in recent years, and males have been identified as being at greater risk of Achilles tendon injury compared to their female counterparts. This study aimed to examine gender differences in Achilles tendon loading during the fencing lunge.Achilles tendon load was obtained from eight male and eight female club level epee fencers using a 3D motion capture system and force platform information as they completed simulated lunges. Independent t-tests were performed on the data to determine whether differences existed.The results show that males were associated with significantly greater Achilles tendon loading rates in comparison to females.This suggests that male fencers may be at greater risk from Achilles tendon pathology as a function of fencing training/ competition.

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Magnetic motion capture system using LC resonant magnetic marker composed of Ni–Zn ferrite core

Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1063/1.2171927 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 99 (8) ◽

pp. 08B312 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

S. Hashi ◽

M. Toyoda ◽

M. Ohya ◽

Y. Okazaki ◽

S. Yabukami ◽

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Keyword(s):

Motion Capture ◽

Motion Capture System ◽

Ferrite Core ◽

Zn Ferrite ◽

Magnetic Marker

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Modeling and evaluating beat gestures for social robots

Multimedia Tools and Applications ◽

10.1007/s11042-021-11289-x ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Unai Zabala ◽

Igor Rodriguez ◽

José María Martínez-Otzeta ◽

Elena Lazkano

Keyword(s):

Motion Capture ◽

Motion Capture System ◽

Generative Adversarial Network ◽

Adversarial Network ◽

Desirable Feature ◽

Quantitative Results ◽

Path Lengths ◽

End Effectors ◽

The One ◽

Made In

AbstractNatural gestures are a desirable feature for a humanoid robot, as they are presumed to elicit a more comfortable interaction in people. With this aim in mind, we present in this paper a system to develop a natural talking gesture generation behavior. A Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) produces novel beat gestures from the data captured from recordings of human talking. The data is obtained without the need for any kind of wearable, as a motion capture system properly estimates the position of the limbs/joints involved in human expressive talking behavior. After testing in a Pepper robot, it is shown that the system is able to generate natural gestures during large talking periods without becoming repetitive. This approach is computationally more demanding than previous work, therefore a comparison is made in order to evaluate the improvements. This comparison is made by calculating some common measures about the end effectors’ trajectories (jerk and path lengths) and complemented by the Fréchet Gesture Distance (FGD) that aims to measure the fidelity of the generated gestures with respect to the provided ones. Results show that the described system is able to learn natural gestures just by observation and improves the one developed with a simpler motion capture system. The quantitative results are sustained by questionnaire based human evaluation.

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Fall detecting clothes in realtime based seniors full body motion capture system using multiple inertial sensors

IOP Conference Series Materials Science and Engineering ◽

10.1088/1757-899x/1108/1/012034 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1108 (1) ◽

pp. 012034

Author(s):

T R Yudantoro ◽

F Pramuditya ◽

R Apriantoro ◽

S Jum’atun

Keyword(s):

Motion Capture ◽

Inertial Sensors ◽

Body Motion ◽

Motion Capture System ◽

Full Body

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Assessing the Ergonomic Benefits of a New Adjustable Forklift Backrest

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting ◽

10.1177/1071181320641235 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1) ◽

pp. 976-980

Author(s):

Pranav Madhav Kuber ◽

Ehsan Rashedi

Keyword(s):

Comparative Study ◽

Motion Capture ◽

Center Of Pressure ◽

Body Movement ◽

Pressure Change ◽

Motion Capture System ◽

Design Features ◽

Wide Range ◽

Body Sizes ◽

The Mean

A new forklift backrest has been developed by incorporating adjustability concepts into the design to facilitate comfort to a wide range of users. We have conducted a comparative study between the new and original backrests to assess the effectiveness of design features. Using the phenomenon of restlessness, discomfort of the user was associated with the amount of body movement, where we have used a motion- capture system and a force platform to quantify the individuals’ movement for a wide range of body sizes. Meanwhile, subjective comfort and design feedback were collected using a questionnaire. Our results showed a reduction in the mean torso movement and the maximum center of pressure change of location by 300 and 6 mm, respectively, for the new design. Taking advantage of adjustability feature, the new backrest design exhibited enhanced comfort for longer durations and reduced magnitude of discomfort for a wide range of participants’ body sizes.

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