Pitching Biomechanics studied through A Developing Motion Capture
Session Number
Project ID: ENGN 07
Advisor(s)
Dr Pranav Bhounsule; University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Engineering
Daniel Torres; University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Engineering
Discipline
Engineering
Start Date
19-4-2023 10:05 AM
End Date
19-4-2023 10:20 AM
Abstract
My research aims to look at the biomechanics behind a baseball pitch. The focus of the study is not on the results of the experiment, but to prove that scientific research can be conducted using this software. FreeMoCap is a free online software in the alpha stage of development. Omitting the need to purchase equipment costing thousands of dollars, FreeMoCap only requires a minimum of three web cameras and their free source code to utilize motion capture. My research aims to use the software and augment it, to track the position of limbs in respect to time. By changing the initial starting position of the lower body and focusing torque from different muscles in the body, (hip, chest, or throwing shoulder rotation) we see different results by observing the velocity of the projectile.
Pitching Biomechanics studied through A Developing Motion Capture
My research aims to look at the biomechanics behind a baseball pitch. The focus of the study is not on the results of the experiment, but to prove that scientific research can be conducted using this software. FreeMoCap is a free online software in the alpha stage of development. Omitting the need to purchase equipment costing thousands of dollars, FreeMoCap only requires a minimum of three web cameras and their free source code to utilize motion capture. My research aims to use the software and augment it, to track the position of limbs in respect to time. By changing the initial starting position of the lower body and focusing torque from different muscles in the body, (hip, chest, or throwing shoulder rotation) we see different results by observing the velocity of the projectile.