A low-cost stand-alone platform for measuring motor behavior across developmental applications

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Nathan C. Foster¹  Karthikeyan Kalyanasundaram Balasubramanian²  Andrea Cavallo²  Cristina Becchio³  Giorgio Zini³  Marco Crepaldi³  Andrea Merello³ 

[1] Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Torino, Italy;Cognition, Motion and Neuroscience Laboratory, Center for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy;Electronic Design Laboratory, Center for Human Technologies, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genova, Italy;

关键词: Biological sciences;    Neuroscience;    Behavioral neuroscience;    Techniques in neuroscience;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Summary: Motion tracking provides unique insights into motor, cognitive, and social development by capturing subtle variations into how movements are planned and controlled. Here, we present a low-cost, wearable movement measurement platform, KiD, specifically designed for tracking the movements of infants and children in a variety of natural settings. KiD consists of a small, lightweight sensor containing a nine-axis inertial measurement unit plus an integrated processor for computing rotations. Measurements of three-dimensional acceleration using KiD compare well with those of current state-of-the-art optical motion capture systems. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate successful classification of different types of sinusoidal right arm movements using KiD.

【 授权许可】

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