Trajectory Correction for Visually Impaired Athletes on 100 m Paralympic Races

Paralympic races; Trajectory correction; Visually impaired athletes; Control and Systems Engineering; Signal Processing; Computer Networks and Communications

Abstract :

[en] The paper reports an experimental study that was carried out in Manaus (Amazonas, Brazil) with the participation of eight visually impaired athletes on 100 m sprint Paralympic races. A trajectory correction system was used, based on an accelerometer and a gyroscope for motion detection, an algorithm to track the athlete’s trajectories and a haptic actuator for the interaction with the athletes. The experimental results show the relevance in the use of this type of systems in Paralympic 100 m races for visually impaired athletes, mainly with the purpose of increasing their autonomy by mimicking their guides.

Disciplines :

Computer science
Management information systems

Author, co-author :

Júnior, Luiz Alberto Queiroz Cordovil ; Innovation Center in Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Oka, Gabriel Tadayoshi Rodrigues ; Innovation Center in Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Bastos, Moisés Pereira ; Innovation Center in Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ; Control and Automation Department, State University of Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

LIMA BAIMA, Renan ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > FINATRAX

Ferst, Nilton Cesar ; Innovation Center in Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Lima, Ana Carolina Oliveira ; Innovation Center in Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil ; Institute of Telecommunications, Department of Electronic, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Martins, Ana Isabel ; Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

Rocha, Nelson Pacheco ; Institute of Electronics and Informatics Engineering of Aveiro, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

External co-authors :

yes

Language :

English

Title :

Trajectory Correction for Visually Impaired Athletes on 100 m Paralympic Races

Publication date :

2022

Event name :

International Conference on Comprehensible Science

Event place :

Eilat, Israel

Event date :

18-06-2021 => 20-06-2021

Audience :

International

Main work title :

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

Editor :

Antipova, Tatiana

Publisher :

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, Germany

Edition :

315

ISBN/EAN :

978-3-03-085798-1

Collection name :

ICCS: International Conference on Comprehensible Science

Collection ISSN :

2367-3370

Pages :

393–401

Peer reviewed :

Peer reviewed

Focus Area :

Computational Sciences

Development Goals :

10. Reduced inequalities

Additional URL :

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-030-85799-8_33

Funding text :

Acknowledgments. This research was supported by the CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) and the resources of the CICARI Lab (Control, Automation and Industrial Robotics Centre), Manaus, Brazil.

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