Successful defense of the faculty practicum – Development of a system of wearable modules that measure an archer’s movements while riding a horse
On April 15, Martin Ďugel, a student in the Bachelor’s program in Computer Science, successfully defended his faculty internship under the supervision of Ing. Lukáš Čechovič, PhD., from the Department of Technical Cybernetics. Together with his advisor, he worked on developing a system of wearable modules capable of measuring an archer’s movement while riding a horse. The goal of the internship was to introduce objective data into training that would help better understand shooting technique under dynamic conditions, where it is very difficult to observe movement details with the naked eye alone.
The system consists of several modules equipped with sensors (accelerometer and gyroscope). These sensors track the orientation and acceleration of individual body parts during movement and at the moment of the shot. The modules communicate wirelessly with each other and transmit the measured data in real time, which is then processed to remove noise and random vibrations caused by the movement of the horse and the archer.
A large part of the work involved designing the electronics, programming the microcontrollers, and processing and interpreting data from the sensors. Gradually, a functional prototype was created that can reliably detect the moment of the shot and record the orientation of the modules at that moment.
The result is the foundation for a system that can help both coaches and riders better analyze posture, stability, and consistency of movement.
We warmly congratulate Martin on the successful defense of his faculty internship and wish him much success in his studies and in developing his IT skills.
We also wish the best of luck to all students currently completing their faculty internship. We remind students that the currently available internship topics can be found in the faculty intranet application FRI.prax.
