Feasibility of Tracking Human Kinematics with Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM).
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Laal, Sepehr
Vasilyev, Paul
Pearson, Sean
Aboy, Mateo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5168-4321
McNames, James https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8091-3560
Abstract
We evaluated a new wearable technology that fuses inertial sensors and cameras for tracking human kinematics. These devices use on-board simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithms to localize the camera within the environment. Significance of this technology is in its potential to overcome many of the limitations of the other dominant technologies. Our results demonstrate this system often attains an estimated orientation error of less than 1° and a position error of less than 4 cm as compared to a robotic arm. This demonstrates that SLAM's accuracy is adequate for many practical applications for tracking human kinematics.
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computer vision, kinematics, motion capture, simultaneous localization and mapping, wearable cameras, Humans, Algorithms, Biomechanical Phenomena
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Sensors (Basel)
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1424-8220
1424-8220
1424-8220
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MDPI AG