The MOE motion capture project was my thesis, which I worked with September 2004 - March 2005, together with Magnus Åsard.
The goal of the thesis was to investigate how cheap a full-body, real time, motion capture system can become. After analyzing the various MoCap technologies that are available, we decided to develop an electromechanical system, including the exoskeleton, its electronics and a server/client software that streams motion data over the Internet.
The entire system - including all physical components, like PVC pipes, aluminium, plastic sheets, shielded cables and elastic textiles as well as a cheap Linux-server - ended up costing $950.
Report
Besides the implementation, the MOE project also involved a written report. It contains all necessary information, like schematics, blueprints as well as a thorough project definition.
The report also discusses the various motion capture alternatives and why we chose the electromecanical approach instead of an optical or magnetical one.
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Software
The smallest part of the project was actually to develop the server/client solution in which the exo-skeleton is connected to a server, which streams out motion data to connected clients.
The source code below is more than 5 years old, but can be used as a complement to the written report.
