GAIT AND HEIGHT ANALYSIS PROJECT
This was the first project in senior engineering for this year. We were challenged to collect data on how people walked to predict their height. It was a very interesting project, and we were able to get a lot out of it. Below is the data my partner and I collected on my walking.
This was the first project in senior engineering for this year. We were challenged to collect data on how people walked to predict their height. It was a very interesting project, and we were able to get a lot out of it. Below is the data my partner and I collected on my walking.
Afterwards, we compared the data that we collected with the whole class, and tried to predict the heights of our classmates based off of their walks/gaits. Unfortunately, due to the file being too big, I won't be able to display the document with all of that information.
Then, using a few of our classmate's data, we made the predictive model, shown below.
Then, using a few of our classmate's data, we made the predictive model, shown below.
REFLECTION
This project was very interesting. With the collection of data, we were able to determine (hopefully) the height of someone based off of their gait/walk. The class as a whole made a spreadsheet of data so we were able to separately compare the gaits of one another to predict the subjects and our fellow classmate's heights.
As a whole, the data varied from group to group. Since there were no guidelines and restrictions, I feel that there was a lot of freedom within this experiment. Many people walked further distances while some measured a couple steps. There were no requirements on what to measure, so not everyone measured the same body parts involved with walking. With this limited amount of shared data, the comparisons seemed a lot harder than it should have been, making it super disorganized.
Also, we were not given a lot of background information on the technology that we were using, making a few of us slightly confused. Thankfully, with the help of our classmates, we were able to determine what their data meant and what they were measuring. So, team-wise, this project was very fun and we were able to understand what we were looking for.
I mentioned a lot of the constraints above, both with the technology and with the experimental data.
All in all, I think that this project was interesting, though there are MANY improvements that could be made in the future.
This project was very interesting. With the collection of data, we were able to determine (hopefully) the height of someone based off of their gait/walk. The class as a whole made a spreadsheet of data so we were able to separately compare the gaits of one another to predict the subjects and our fellow classmate's heights.
As a whole, the data varied from group to group. Since there were no guidelines and restrictions, I feel that there was a lot of freedom within this experiment. Many people walked further distances while some measured a couple steps. There were no requirements on what to measure, so not everyone measured the same body parts involved with walking. With this limited amount of shared data, the comparisons seemed a lot harder than it should have been, making it super disorganized.
Also, we were not given a lot of background information on the technology that we were using, making a few of us slightly confused. Thankfully, with the help of our classmates, we were able to determine what their data meant and what they were measuring. So, team-wise, this project was very fun and we were able to understand what we were looking for.
I mentioned a lot of the constraints above, both with the technology and with the experimental data.
All in all, I think that this project was interesting, though there are MANY improvements that could be made in the future.