Simplifying Motion Capture for More Effective Research Introduction As motion tracking systems continue to evolve, so too do the complexities involved in setting up hardware for research labs that study human movement. Recent informal polling o ...
Establishing Excellence: A Mission-driven Strategy for University Departments
Advancing University Research with Mission-Driven Motion Science Introduction In recent years, I sense the approach to building a department’s reputation is evolving. Increasingly, department leaders are adopting a mission-driven strategy, emph ...
Addressing the Unique Challenges of University Research Labs
Solving Research Lab Challenges with Motion Capture Technology Introduction As the person responsible for product quality and client support at The MotionMonitor xGen, I frequently hear concerns from prospective clients that fall into two disti ...
Skip the Plates? An Evaluation of Markerless Kinetics without Force Plates.
Measure Ground Reaction Forces Accurately Without Force Plates Introduction I was reading a paper a few weeks ago by some folks at the University of Bath. They were computing the Ground Reaction Forces which were necessary to generate ...
Markerless Motion Capture: An Early Experience
Unlock the Future of Motion Analysis with Markerless Tracking Introduction In our last blog, we described our history with markerless motion tracking dating back to 2009 with early shape fitting methods. We discussed the benefits w ...
What Technology Do I Start With For My Player Performance Program? Force Plates!
Introduction Since the early 1990’s there have been significant advances in hardware to track and measure human motion. Cameras, electro-magnetic trackers, and inertial measurement units to track the position and orientation of the body; EMG ...