Today's athletes are always on the lookout for new techniques and equipment to help them train more effectively. Modern coaches and sports trainers use intelligent data monitoring through videos and wearable sensors to help enhance athletic conditioning. However, traditional video analysis and wearable sensor technologies often fall short when tasked to produce a comprehensive picture of an athlete's performance.
In APL Materials, by AIP Publishing, researchers from Lyuliang University developed a low-cost, flexible, and customizable sensor for badminton players that overcomes current monitoring constraints. Badminton is known for its many technical movements and the dynamic speed and precision required to play successfully. Monitoring the postures, footwork, arm swings, and muscle strength shown by badminton players is limited by video shooting angles and the discomfort of rigid wearable sensors.
We integrated our expertise in flexible sensor technology and intelligent perception systems into badminton motion monitoring for a quantitative analysis of badminton techniques, to provide more professional guidance for badminton players." Yun Yang, Author The team used triboelectric sensors to construct their intelligent monitoring system because they are easy to adapt for flexible, wearable devices. A triboelectric sensor transfers charge from one material to another when the materials come into contact and slide past each other.
No external power supply is required. To minimize .