Movement Science News
Customer movie: Sunderland UniversityThursday, 02 February 2012Sunderland University recently bought the MVN BIOMECH ambulatory motion analysis system. The system is used for studies in Sport and Exercise Sciences. To promote the University, a small movie was made including footage of the MVN BIOMECH system.> Watch the movie >> Full Story Synchronizing Xsens MTw with Delsys Trigno EMGWednesday, 01 February 2012We added another easy synchronisation of Xsens MTw with third party systems. This time with the wireless EMG system Trigno, from Delsys. The steps describe how to configure the Xsens Awinda Station to send an output trigger signal (Sync Out) to the Delsys Trigno EMG system, and how to configure the Station to receive an input trigger signal (Sync Out) from the EMG... >> Full Story Xsens motion capture data in Siemens PLM Software JackWednesday, 18 January 2012ENSCHEDE, The Netherlands, - January 18th 2012 - Xsens, the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced that it has joined the Siemens Solution Partner Program to provide its motion capture solution for the Jack™ software ergonomics package, a part of the Tecnomatix® software family of digital manufacturing solutions.Xsens, the world market leader in... >> Full Story Research paper about how Xsens products can help first respondersMonday, 16 January 2012Technical support for first responders, who have to explore hazardous environments to locate and rescue victims and thereby avoiding dangerous areas, has recently gained a substantial interest in the research community. In his thesis "Mapping, State Estimation, and Navigation for Quadrotors and Human-Worn Sensor Systems", long time friend and partner of Xsens, Slawomir... >> Full Story New office for Xsens North America Inc.Thursday, 22 December 2011Xsens, leading developer and global supplier of 3D motion tracking products, has grown globally over the last 12 years. To support the further expansion in the Americas, Xsens North America Inc. will move to Culver City, Los Angeles as of December 28th 2011. Contact details for Xsens North America Inc. as of December 28th 2011: Xsens North America Inc.10557 Jefferson... >> Full Story University of Sunderland happy with new research possibilities due to MVN BIOMECHMonday, 12 December 2011"An innovative body suit which is proving to be an invaluable tool for movie makers and the military is now helping North East researchers develop improvements in a wide range of sporting activities and healthcare.Dr Bob Hogg, Senior Lecturer in Sports Technology, said: “The suit allows us to take 3D motion capture out of the lab and into the real world."> Read about... >> Full Story Xsens MTw synchronisation with Cometa Wave EMGThursday, 08 December 2011Another example of easy synchronisation of Xsens MTw with third party systems has been added to the syncrhonisation section of the MTw product page. This time with the wireless EMG system WAVE, from Cometa Systems. Using a few simple steps in the Synchronisation tool of MT Manager, and Cometa Wave Software it is possible to trigger and be triggered to start and stop... >> Full Story Xsens MTw synchronisation with ViconWednesday, 07 December 2011Did you know that using the Awinda station (and some soldering skills) it is possible to synchronise the MTw system with optical systems, including Vicon. We adjusted a standard SVGA to 5x BNC cable, removed the SVGA and replaced it with a 15-pin SUB-D. Using Vicon MX User Manual, pin definitions were put in place. Using a few simple steps in the Synchronisation tool of... >> Full Story Xsens participating in INTERACTION projectThursday, 24 November 2011On the 21st of November, the kick-off meeting of the INTERACTION project took place at the University of Twente. Xsens is participating in this EU project (7th framework programme), which aims at developing an unobtrusive and modular system for monitoring daily life activities and upper and lower extremity motor function in stroke. The INTERACTION project lasts three... >> Full Story New Software Release MTwTuesday, 15 November 2011Xsens is happy to announce the latest release of MT SDK 3.8 for MTw. This latest release is no longer a Beta version, meaning that it is more stable and robust than ever.In addition to this, a beta version of Linux has been added and new stand by and wake up method have been implemented. Now it is possible to wake the MTw up from stand - by simply turning... >> Full Story All research and scientific papers now onlineThursday, 27 October 2011With more than 10 years of experience, Xsens motion trackers have been used in real-life situations, controlling unmanned vehicles, in movie and game making as well as in important biomechanics research. Xsens now introduces the new research page on the Xsens website. Here you will find a collection of scientific articles, published in peer-reviewed journal articles... >> Full Story Movement Science Products DemoThursday, 08 September 2011Xsens likes to present to you the new Movement Science products demo. In this demo you will see customer examples in different applications areas in Movement Science, like Ergonomics, Rehabilitation and Sports Science. Next to the customer examples you will see product demos explaining the Xsens´ products in more detail.Xsens would like to thank all customers for... >> Full Story World’s first 3D inertial motion capture of a horse in motionWednesday, 03 August 2011ENSCHEDE, the Netherlands - PALO ALTO, USA — 3 August, 2011— Xsens, the leading global supplier of 3D motion tracking systems, today announced accomplishment of the world’s first 3D inertial motion capture of a free-moving horse. The joint project of Xsens and the Rothschild Fund was completed using an advanced prototype system developed by Xsens to enable 3D... >> Full Story Pre and post functional evaluation of scapula kinematics on a population of baseball pitchersTuesday, 02 August 2011Dr. Andrea Pellegrini will be presenting at the 23rd Congress of the European Society for Surgery on the Shoulder and the Elbow which will take place in Lyon (France) on September 15th, 2011. Dr. Pellegrini is a member of the Unit of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery of Cervesi Hospital in Cattolica (Rimini), ItalyIn his research the Xsens Xbus kit was used for the pre and post... >> Full Story New MT SDK for MTw releasedTuesday, 26 July 2011We are pleased to announce the latest release of MT SDK software for MTw is now available. The 3.7.1 Beta release contains a few updates. Improvements have been made in: Rotation matrix output.Initial orientation.3D object spinning.Barometer data. Additionally, we have added new example code, for C#. >> Full Story Xsens introduces powerful kinematics and kinetics tracking sensor packed shoesTuesday, 31 May 2011ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—31 May, 2011— Xsens, the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the introduction of the ForceShoeTM – sensor packed shoes for extremely accurate measurement of 3D motion, 3D forces and 3D torques. The fully ambulatory ForceShoe is the first commercially available system making it possible to analyze joint forces and... >> Full Story MTw: Easy integration of EMG and wireless inertial 3D kinematicsTuesday, 17 May 2011ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—17th May, 2011— Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced that theXsens MTw™ miniature wireless motion tracking system has been extended to include fully flexible hardware synchronization with third party equipment such as EMG, EEG, force plates and optoelectronic systems. Furthermore, the... >> Full Story University of Twente/MIRA further strengthens cooperation with XsensTuesday, 08 March 2011Since its inception more than 10 years ago Xsens has had a strong collaboration with the leading technical University in its home town – University of Twente, specifically the MIRA Institute. As a step to further strengthen the excellent collaboration between MIRA and Xsens, MIRA has this week announced a vacancy for a new professor chair. The research domain of the... >> Full Story Xsens MTi-G in high-performance surfboardTuesday, 01 March 2011A cooperation between Tecnalia and Pukas, integrating the Xsens MTi-G with strain gauges built into a high performance surfboard has enabled real-time monitoring of the movement of surfboards while surfers are actually surfing in the sea. The MTi-G was incorporated to record data about the surfboard accelerations, speed and movements. The data can be visualized and... >> Full Story Dutch ministry of economic affairs visits XsensWednesday, 23 February 2011The Dutch ministry of economic affairs visited Xsens during their demonstration for the 7th E-Health Media Tour at the University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands. See how Xsens MVN has been used for entertainment and biomechanics and how our new MTw can be used in these fields as well as future clinical applications.> Watch the movie {flv autostart="true"... >> Full Story US Ambassador visits XsensMonday, 21 February 2011On February 15th 2011, Mrs. Fay Hartog Levin, US Ambassador to The Netherlands, paid a visit to Xsens’ Headquarters in The Netherlands. Her visit marked the further expansion of the US operations of Xsens. As of March 1st, 2011 all Xsens’ products are directly available from its office in Los Angeles.More pictures (click picture for a larger view): >> Full Story Xsens covered in EE Times CES 2011 editionWednesday, 19 January 2011EE|Times CES 2011 edition:3-D gesture control breaks out of the game box"As much as hard-core gamers might value precision, it is less important for gaming itself than for game development or special-effects film animations. For animation pros, the Cadillac of gesture recognition is Xsens Technologies’ MEMS-studded bodysuit. The accelerometers and gyros on the suit... >> Full Story Motion Capture on the moonMonday, 20 December 2010Project Moon DustBy testing 3D printing with moon dust and the registration of astronauts' movements on the moon using motion capture, the aim is to develop the technology so that one day everyone may design and build their own sustainable homes on earth, using their movements and the ground or earth beneath their feet.> See how the astronaut uses Xsens MVN for motion... >> Full Story Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange paid visit to XsensFriday, 05 November 2010Friday, 05 November 2010 - As part of a visit regarding the knowledge infrastructure in the region of Twente, Willem Alexander, Prince of Orange paid a visit to Xsens Technologies B.V. in Enschede.> Read the Ducth press releaseMore pictures (click picture for a larger view): >> Full Story Xsens releases wireless 3D motion trackerThursday, 21 October 2010Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the availability of the MTw™ miniature wireless inertial motion tracker for ambulatory 3D kinematic measurements. The Xsens MTw™ wireless body-area network system will be shown for the first time at the Neuroscience 2010 conference (November 13-17, 2010) in San Diego, USA at booth... >> Full Story Serious Games with Xsens MVNTuesday, 19 October 2010This Dutch article in the NRC is about the new upcoming market for 'Serious Games'. In the article you see a photo of a TNO employee wearing the Xsens MVN suit in preperation for a serious gaming concept.> Read the article (Dutch) >> Full Story Xsens for the fifth time in Deloitte Technology Fast 50Friday, 15 October 2010For the fifth consecutive year, Xsens has been ranked as one of the fastest growing technology firms in The Netherlands. Xsens was ranked 42nd in the Technology Fast 50, Deloitte’s annual listing of the fastest growing technology companies in the Benelux. Xsens is one of the few companies that made the Fast 50 five times in a row, making Xsens one of the most... >> Full Story Xsens in board of directors 3DMAMonday, 23 August 2010Xsens human movement specialist dr. Daniel Roetenberg will take place in the 3DMA board of directors. Daniel will enter the board as a representative from the industry. Xsens taking place in this board is a new step in the adoption of intertial motion technology for the movement science industry. Xsens has had a strong reputation in the movement science market for... >> Full Story Xsens explores the world modelingWednesday, 28 July 2010A delegation of the Xsens research team went to Linköping University to take part in the learning world models workshop organized by Thomas Schön and Giorgio Grisetti. This workshop, sponsored by Cadics and Xsens set the stage for a two day period of generating and discussion of new idea's related to identification and modeling. Xsens' interest for the workshop was... >> Full Story Xsens releases UWB RF-based position aiding technology to enable occlusion-free, real-time, driftless multi-person motion capture in large volumesTuesday, 20 July 2010- At SIGGRAPH 2010, Xsens releases MotionGridTM, a breakthrough motion capture technology for previs, virtual moviemaking, game development and training & simulation - Enschede, The Netherlands – July 20th, 2010 – Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems will be releasing MVN MotionGridTM at SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles, California. MVN... >> Full Story Xsens unveils MVN Studio 3.0 - now available with KiCTuesday, 13 July 2010MVN Studio 3.0 increases stability of 3D tracking in magnetically distorted environments and includes many new features ENSCHEDE, Netherlands, 12 July 2010 - Xsens Technologies B.V., leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the release of MVN Studio 3.0. The latest version of Xsens' motion capture software application now comes with the previously... >> Full Story Xsens releases landmark algorithm for stable 3D tracking in magnetically distorted environmentsWednesday, 07 July 2010ENSCHEDE, Netherlands,—July 6, 2010— Xsens Technologies B.V., the leader in professional 3D tracking systems, today announced the general availability of its KinematicCoupling (KiCTM) algorithm in its newly released software suite MVN Studio 3.0 for professional grade human motion capture. Xsens MVN will be on show at the SIGGRAPH conference (July 27-29, 2010) in Los... >> Full Story MEMS Motion Sensing Meets HollywoodThursday, 20 May 2010Analog Devices Inc., (NYSE: ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, and Xsens Technologies B.V., a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products, have collaborated to develop real-time motion capture technology that is being used for character animation in major motion pictures, including the 2010 releases of... >> Full Story Xsens: 10 Years in MotionThursday, 28 January 2010Founded in 2000, Xsens has evolved into a leading supplier of 3D motion tracking products. Various awards and listings underline the success of the company and the importance of our products for the marketplace. More important though, hundreds of customers worldwide successfully utilize our technology and count on the performance and quality that Xsens stands for. We... >> Full Story First MVN BIOMECH shipped todayThursday, 17 December 2009Today, December 16th 2009, Xsens shipped the first MVN BIOMECH system! MVN BIOMECH is a ambulatory human measurement system tailored to the needs of biomechanics researchers. Xsens originally developed the MVN system mainly for 3D animation and motion capture in the game and entertainment industries three years ago. The biomechanics market showed growing interest in... >> Full Story Xsens received CE Design Award for MVN electronicsMonday, 30 November 2009The Xsens MVN motion capture suit received the D.A.R.E. Consultancy CE Design Award. D.A.R.E. Consultancy measured the EMC performance with respect to generated as well as immunity to electromagnetic radiation. The measurements proved that the electronics of Xsens technology, with electrical wiring and wireless connection to and from 19 individual electronic... >> Full Story Xsens introduces MVN for Sports Science at Camosun CollegeMonday, 23 November 2009Xsens Technologies visited the Sport Innovation Centre (SPIN) on the Camosun College Interurban campus, to introduce the Xsens MVN for use in sport science. SPIN is a part of PISE (Pacific Institute for Sports Excellence) home to numerous Canadian national team athletes and coaches. Xsens MVN will take motion capture out of the lab, so sports coaches and scientists... >> Full Story Xsens receives Innovation AwardWednesday, 18 November 2009The High Growth Award for Innovation 2009 was awarded to Xsens. The High Growth Awards are awarded annually to Dutch enterprises with exceptional revenue growth, combined with high quality in areas such as strategy, market positioning, finance and IT. Xsens won the Award for Innovation because of a consistent execution of a clear strategy. “Xsens advances the... >> Full Story Xsens Webinar: Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysisTuesday, 27 October 2009Xsens webinar: Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysis Xsens Technologies, a leading supplier in inertial sensor technology, will host a free webinar entitled: “Pros and cons of inertial sensing for human motion analysis”.This will provide an opportunity for those in the biomechanics field to learn about the latest developments on inertial... >> Full Story Xsens US office operationalWednesday, 19 August 2009Xsens has opened a Los Angeles based office to serve its North American customer base. The initial team focuses on motion capture for the Entertainment industry. The team operates out of Lacy Studio Loft, a recently refurbished warehouse centrally located in Los Angeles. In order to support our continuously expanding customer base, especially those in film production... >> Full Story Xsens inertial sensors show how jockeys help horses to run fasterTuesday, 21 July 2009Modern Riding Style Improves Horse Racing Times Veterinarians in the Structure and Motion lab at the University of London's Royal Veterinary College have been working with the British Racing School in Newmarket to analyze the best and safest ways for jockeys to ride their horses. To determine just how energy-efficient Sloan's pose is, they attached identical Xsens... >> Full Story Intelligent shoe reveals forces inside the bodyTuesday, 30 June 2009Intelligent shoe reveals forces inside the body Integrated sensors in shoe ensure correct treatment advice Martin Schepers of the University of Twente has developed a new intelligent shoe. It has four sensors that measure force and movement during walking, giving doctors a fast and accurate image of the walking pattern and enabling them to plan the right method of... >> Full Story Xsens now integrated in CAREN softwareMonday, 04 May 2009Xsens now integrated in CAREN software Amsterdam, 9 April 2009, Motek Medical integrated Xsens sensors into the hardware pallet of the CAREN software. The mobility of the sensors in combination with the direct feedback and integration opportunities of the CAREN software enables a new spectrum for research and rehabilitation applications. Proving the strength of the... >> Full Story Xsens is proud to present its new corporate designThursday, 19 March 2009After almost ten years Xsens presents a new logo that better reflects the growth and ambition of our company - while respecting our technology and innovation driven roots. We feel that the new logo perfectly represents Xsens: a group of talented people dedicated to deliver cutting-edge inertial motion tracking products with best-in-class performance and outstanding... >> Full Story |
