The Nazareth College Physical Therapy Clinic has expressed the need for a portable motion tracking system capable of measuring patients' range of motion in their natural environments. The primary ranges of motion of interest in this project are:

• the motion of a human limb, where a limb is defined as a 3-bar linkage, for example: upper leg, lower leg, and foot.
• the motion of a human's lower back, where lower back is defined as the lumbar region, with 3 points of contact: sacrum, L1-L2, L3-L5.

This project is focused on researching the sensor aspects of a motion tracking system comprising of multiple sensors, a portable microcontroller, and some form of software interface. A sensor enclosure will also be investigated to be compatible with the human interface designed in P10011.

The goal of this project is to create a portfolio of multiple sensor options for future RIT senior design teams working with Nazareth.

Project Name

Motion Tracking Technology Evaluation

Project Number

P10010

Project Family

Assistive Devices

Track

Biomedical Systems and Technologies

Start Term

2009-2

End Term

2009-3

Faculty Guide

Dr. Elizabeth DeBartolo (Mechanical Engineering)

Faculty Consultant

TBA

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Primary Customer

Nazareth College Physical Therapy Clinic

Rotation Fixture

• Rotation Construction
• Rotation Procedure

Flex Fixture

• Flex Construction
• Flex Procedure

Goniometer Fixture

• Goniometer Construction

Pendulum Fixture

• Pendulum Model
• Pendulum Procedure

MCU Configuration

Arduino IDE

ADC Characterization

Electrical Specifications

Code Library

• PC Host
• Arduino MCU

DE-ACCM2G2

• DE Documentation
• DE Raw Data

Ultra-Thin 6DOF Razor IMU

• Ultra-Thin IMU Documentation
• Ultra-Thin IMU Raw Data

Atomic IMU

• Atomic Documentation
• Atomic Raw Data

Flex

• Flex Documentation
• Flex Raw Data

• Final Summary & Recommendations
• P10010 Technical Paper
• P10010 Poster

Meeting Agendas/Minutes

Contact Information

Team Values and Norms

Peer Review

Original Project Plan (MSDI)

Updated Project Plan (MSD2 PDF)

Updated Project Plan (MSD2 MS Project zip)

Mission Statement

Staffing Requirements (DPM)

Marketing Video (DPM)

Intellectual Property Considerations (DPM)

Preliminary Work Breakdown Structure

Required Resources

Original Risk Assessment_

Customer Needs (Research)

Research

Identify Customer Needs

Functional Needs

Establish Target Specifications

Generate Product Concepts

Select Product Concept(s)

Final Electrical Bill of Materials

Final Test Fixture Bill of Materials

Updated Risk Assessment

Final Customer Needs and Engineering Specifications (Excel)

Test Fixture Concept Generation (MSD1)

Test Fixture Manufacturing Plans (MSD2)

Test Plan (MSD1)

Sensor Testing Documents (MSDII)

Test Fixture CAD Drawings

TESTING RESULTS

Concept Design Review Documents (SD I)

Detailed Design Review Documents (SD I)

Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD I)

Technical Conference Publication (SD II)

Poster Publication (SD II)

Final Presentation (SD II)

Managerial Design Review Presentation (SD II)

P08006: Motion Tracking System

• Design History File

P09027: Upper Extremity Motion Capture System

• Concept Scoring Matrix for Sensors from P09027

R10001: Assistive Devices family preparation, DPM- Fall 2009

P10011: Motion Tracking Human Interface

P10007: Mechanical Spine Testing Platform

P10009: Portable Spinal Motion Tracker