RoboTrainer code

Introduction

With the Sportssensor, any movement can be easily tracked and logged using the accelerometer and gyroscope. Activity trackers already exist for placing on the body, but fewer exist that tracks the movement of exercise equipment. Perhaps new ideas are waiting to be explored by placing the Sportssensor on existing exercise equipment.

Most activity trackers only count amount of energy used (like step counting e.g.), but bio-feedback on the quality of the activity may be much more valuable for individuals learning new movements, or patients re-learning motor patterns during rehab.

There are currently 4 robots in the robotrainer family:

• RoboTrainer CLASSIC
• RoboTrainer LIGHT
• RoboTrainer ONE
• RoboTrainer GRAVITY

Example of device

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  • Exercize machines like stationary bicycles, rowing machines, bench presses, dumbbells or just the body itself.

ROS

The Training Technology Lab is using ROS (Robotic Operating System) to gather data from all devices in the lab, to log and display it in various ways. An interface to display the bio-feedback from a Sportssensor could easily be developed on this system for prototyping.