Many approaches exist for
tracking human motion, including expensive, highly precise systems used to create computer - generated imagery (CGI) for films.
Yaser Sheikh, associate professor of robotics, said these methods for
tracking 2 - D
human form and
motion open up new ways for people and machines to interact with each other, and for people to use machines to better understand the world around them.
ASMI researchers are involved in different fields such as biomechanics (
motion analysis, which includes cadaver research, namely, the use of
human limbs to analyze anatomy,
motion, and the strength of muscles, tendons, ligaments, and bones) and clinical research (
tracking patients to see how successful they are returning to sport after treatment with surgery or physical therapy).