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This week CAMERA studio technician Pooya Soltani presented his research at the 13th International Congress on Sports Science (Physical Activity and Modern Era). The aim of the congress is to bring together academic and administrative members of the world of sports science and to exchange the latest fundamental, applied and...
While many of us were watching the action at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, CAMERA Research Associate Laurie Needham and CAMERA PhD student Mike Muckelt (Uni of Bath/BBSA funded) headed off to attend a BBSA (British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association) training camp in Sigulda, Latvia. The facility at Sigulda has...
A collaboration that started a decade ago between CAMERA Co-Investigator Dr Steffi Colyer and the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association is helping to support atheletes to succeed at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. Some of the latest EPSRC-funded research draws on computer science expertise from CAMERA in which British Skeleton...
We are really excited to hear that CAMERA Research Associates Laurie Needham, Logan Wade and Murray Evans have had abstracts accepted at the Virtual XXVII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics in Stockholm. Laurie, Logan and Murray’s work focuses on how applications of markerless motion capture may significantly reduce...
Former CAMERA Co-Investigator Dr Aki Salo, a Reader in the Department for Health until 2019, has pledged his UK assets to the University in his Will. The assets include a flat in Bath’s city centre. During his time at Bath, Aki specialised in research in sports biomechanics and his legacy...
On Friday 30th April we were thrilled to welcome academics, students, partners and guests from across our network to our CAMERA 2.0 Launch event. If you missed the event you can watch the recording to hear Centre Directors, theme leads and industry partners outline the huge achievements of CAMERA to...
Researchers from CAMERA have developed the first non-invasive way of measuring athletes’ push start performance. Researchers at the University of Bath have been working with GB skeleton athletes to develop a new type of motion capture technology that can accurately track the performance of the athlete during push start phase...
Professor James Bilzon, CAMERA Co-Director, has taken over as Director of the National Centre for Sport Exercise and Osteoarthritis Research. On 2 June 2020, Professor James Bilzon from Department for Health at the University of Bath took over from Professor Mark Batt (Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust) as Director of...
4pm, Tues 7th May, CB 2.6, University of Bath Alan will talk about the specialised anatomy of athletic animals, with particular reference to muscle-tendon interaction. He will talk about the development of technology using high accuracy GPS and inertial sensors for studying locomotion of free-ranging animals in their natural environment and...
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