Adaptación de un sistema de captura de movimiento para el laboratorio de biomecánica de la facultad de ingeniería mecánica de la Escuela Politécnica Nacional.

Abstract

It has been proposed to define an adaptation of a motion capture system for the Biomechanics Laboratory of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering using free Open source software. A total of 10 programs were evaluated and the combination of 3 of these as support for 2 of them. Three stages are presented for use, with a calibration process, data collection protocol and a data collection plan. The analysis was limited to four programs because three of them presented compilation problems. Motion captures were performed with homemade webcams, fixed on suitable supports with a distance to the test subject of no more than 5 meters. The software was tested on three computers (two fixed and one portable). The final comparative analysis recommends the use of two of the programs, one of which will work in combination with open source software.