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The objective of this study was to measure the hand speed of eighteen (18) subjects making after-reach movements from an upper palm button (UB) and lower palm button (LB) on a simulated press. Each after-reach movement was measured with a Vicon optical motion capture system and an Xsens IMU based system. A Bland-Altman analysis of the speed measured by the two technologies demonstrated a general agreement (average bias 0.19 m/s) between the measurements and a potential for using IMUs for hand-speed measures in the future. However, the computation intensity required to manipulate the Xsens data is likely too complex and time consuming for practitioners who are busy with plant activities. A simple IMU system, designed specifically for hand speed capture, could be a viable option for measuring after-reach speed in the future.
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Garnett, R.F., Davis, G.A., Sesek, R.F., Gallagher, S., Schall, M.C., Chen, H. (2019). Evaluating an Inertial Measurement Unit Based System for After-Reach Speed Measurement in Power Press Applications. In: Ahram, T. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Wearable Technologies and Game Design. AHFE 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 795. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94619-1_14
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