Measuring astronaut performance on the ISS: advanced kinematic and kinetic instrumentation

Author

Amir, Amir R. ; Baroni, Guido ; Pedrocchi, Alessandra ; Newman, Dava J. ; Ferrigno, Giancarlo ; Pedotti, Antonio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

50

Issue

5

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1450

Lastpage

1455

Abstract

This paper presents the design of an advanced kinematic and kinetic measurement system for the International Space Station (ISS). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), NASA, Politecnico, di Milano University, and the Italian Space Agency are currently developing jointly an integrated system capable of precisely measuring the forces and moments the astronauts induce and their postures and movements. Kinetic measurements will be performed with special crew restraint and mobility aids instrumented with strain gages. The compact electronics component of the sensors provides real-time feedback of the load level applied. The kinematic measurements of astronaut motion will be accomplished with ELITE-S2, a general purpose opto-electronic motion analysis system proposed for the ISS by the Italian Space Agency (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, ASI) with the support of the French Space Agency (Centre National d´Etudes Spatiales, CNES). This versatile motion capture system provides three-dimensional (3-D) kinematics data in real-time using video-image processing for detecting multiple passive markers

Keywords

aerospace biophysics; aerospace instrumentation; biological techniques; biomechanics; motion measurement; ELITE-S2; International Space Station; astronaut motion; astronaut posture; crew restraint aid; electronic sensor; force measurement; kinematic instrumentation; kinetic instrumentation; mobility aid; moment measurement; opto-electronic motion analysis system; real-time feedback; strain gauge; three-dimensional data; video image processing; Current measurement; Extraterrestrial measurements; International Space Station; Kinematics; Kinetic theory; Motion analysis; Motion measurement; NASA; Space technology; Strain measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9456

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/19.963223

Filename

963223